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Originally Posted by Big Fo
Post-partisanship. Country first.
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I took it as "I'm not really confident enough to stick my neck out and debate him on this, so I will agree and move on to something I feel more comfortable talking about".
The one thing that hurts McCain is that the areas he is the strongest on (Russia, Iran, surge, Pakistan, Earmarks, spending) are just not ones people really care about. I think Obama's focus on the middle class tax cut, helping working families and a plan on the economy resonated more with most people. Still, the reason I think McCain won tonight is that this was Obama's chance to show the undecideds that he knows foreign policy, has good judgment and will handle Iraq/Iran/Russia/Pakistan just as well as McCain. IMO, Obama didn't do that and I don't know that he will have another chance to do so before the election.
So, it just comes down to how important those issues are to voters and that's the big unknown right now.