Posted by
Locutisprime on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:11:31 AM
I may be wrong and if I am? It won't be the first time or the last time. But I have to believe that tonight's debate between Barack Obama and John McCain will be a bang and a whimper. A bang for Obama and a whimper for McCain. John McCain began about two weeks ago attempting to exploit the disparate character issues of his opponent and his friendships and associations over the years and decades with questionable people. Which was a good maneuver had he begun it back in May. But to wait until the last month of the campaign? Makes it look more like an act of desperation than a winning tactic in the eyes of most Americans.
During the last debate, John McCain should have pressed his accusations against Obama, he didn't. He left the accusations laying like the 900 pound gorilla in the room and it was Barack Obama who addressed them to the people. It was Obama who said, 'why didn't he say these things to my face.' Look for more of that tonight. It will be Obama who puts the dog on the table and confronts John McCain about the accusations McCain has made against him. And in doing so? Obama wins once again. He addresses and deflects the attacks and moves on.
John McCain said over the weekend, that he intended to kick Obama's you know what in this debate. Don't look for it. Look rather for Obama to peel the McCain onion before the eyes of America and close the final chapter on the McCain campaign. After tonight? I believe that John McCain's presidency is for all intents and purposes over.