Man o' man, this is really a wild and crazy political season. It would be more fun if wasn't so serious. I was interested that the polls, particularly among undecideds, moved decisively toward Obama after the debate. Trying to think of different reasons why this was the case, I came up with the following:
a. People had low expectations for him particularly in the area of foreign policy and when he at least seemed to give as good as he got, people were pleasantly surprised and moved for that reason.
b. Undecided have not been paying that close attention and wanted to know if this guy seemed "presidential". It seemed as if passed that test.
c. His response to McCain about Iraq "you voted for the war; you were wrong. You said we would be greeted as liberators; you were wrong" etc. was a memorable and vivid way of putting it. It's the kind of rhetorical flourish people tend to remember and sounds, well, strong.
I'm sure there are other reasons for the swing towards Obama. Maybe it's just because the economic situation seems so dire and people tend to trust Democrats to do something positive about it more than Republicans. Interested to hear your thoughts.
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