I think that one of the best things that came out of last night was DaddyTorgo bipartisan reporting on the debate. Who knew he was so neutral?
But in all seriousness, I actually stopped watching the debate last night after 40-45 minutes. Two things were blatently obvious to me after hearing the candidates speak and watching their mannerisms and the audience for non-verbal tells of truthfulness (or lack thereof):
1. Neither of those candidates is sincere in any way about their 'concern' for the average American. It was obvious from the reactions of the people in the audience that they did everything in their power not to strangle both candidates after some of those non-answers. I think a much better measure of which one should be president would have been to let those 80 people loose with whiffle bats for 90 minutes and see if either candidate would survive.
2. The policies suggested by both candidates were insane at best. The thought that either candidate will be able to put even 10% of their campaign promises into law is foolhardy. From a party perspective, I think it's becoming painfully obvious that whoever wins this race will be a 'one and done' president. They face an economic mess that neither candidate has the tools to fix in a four year period.
As far as who won, I didn't watch it all so I couldn't tell you. I was bored to tears with the weak promises from each candidate and the same old attacks repeated again that we've heard in previous forums. The fact that neither of these candidates is equipped to deal with the issues facing the country will only further compromise the public confidence in the government and the weakening economy.