My take on this debate: McCain was strong and substantive. If he were ahead, he would have done fine. But he’s not ahead, and what he had to do is strongly take down Obama. He played it safe, which is not what he needed to do. Objectively, McCain won. In the subjective world of politics, nothing changed, which gives the political advantage to Obama.
More spin as it comes in…
Stephen Green: McCain won, but not enough to matter. Sadly, that seems right.
On Fox, Fred Barnes attacks the format of this debate. I agree. This debate was far more boring than it should have, and that’s due to poor question selection on Brokaw’s part. So far, the best debate was the Rick Warren Saddleback event, and that was not an official debate.
Jim Geraghty agrees that this was a snooze-fest. Indeed, it was.
The biggest loser? Those of us who sat through this thing…