Debate 2

Well that debate was pretty uneventful. Each candidate gave very few specifics, avoids the question, has time management issues, can't follow rules, loves to stick to stump speeches (even by repeating them), and are afraid to take risks. Obama showed me that he can stay cool, collected, reserved, and presidential, even when being directly dissed. McCain showed me that he clearly has no knees what so ever, is made of wood, and will just aimlessly pace around like a lost old man. His humor does not work if he is not surrounded by people who (crazily?) support him. It comes across as awkward, sporadic, sophomoric, and just plain weird. I give the whole debate for Obama, especially considering that this was supposed to be McCain's strong point. If so, he should have wiped the floor with Obama, but failed (or Obama rose and met the challenge more than adaquetly). This is bad news for McCain considering is he severly behind in almost every poll and needed to knock this debate out of the park. He will slowly dwindle even more now that we have another traditional debate on social issues, which McCain is supposed to truly suck at. Also, I like how McCain ran away at the end and would not shake hands, clearly knowing he lost. Obama stuck around and shook hands for what seemed like almost 20 minutes.

One last part that seemed to stick with me for some strange odd reason was in the beginning. When they were asked to name a treasury secretary I believe. I feel Obama didn't really answer this question well or much at all. McCain on the other hand was able to answer, but I did not like his answer. He named the Ex-CEO of eBay, Meg Whitman. This to me is an absolutley horrible decision. The website has a horrible business model that seems to be more and more buy it now and Amazon like, makes useless aquisitions which have no relation to the business and then don't bother to market very well (Skype among others), is failing as the internet matures and is destined for failure, and makes horrible customer/business relation decisions (Paypal and security policies?). Maybe this woud fool someone who knows nothing about the tech industry (like McCain himself!) but for me I see it as horrendous. I suppose this could be my hatred for eBay shining through, but you never know. I hope McCain doesn't get too chummy with Meg Whitman, I don't want to purchase my health care or social security on eBay in the future. It might be the only way for the company to stay afloat!