Not surprisingly, MSNBC polls overwhelmingly give Barak Obama the victory. Equally unsurprisingly, Fox News polls give John McCain the overwhelming victory.
I think it will take some time to find out what scientific polls tell us.
As expected, this debate was a slug fest. And both candidates stayed focused on the issues of economy, health care, and foreign affairs.
It was McCain's burden to turn around the Obama-ward trend in the polls, though. And he understood he had to do some fancy talking about the economy.
Generally, he did well on the economy. McCain made it a point to talk about helping struggling families. He went so far as to suggest a $300 billion government intervention to renegotiate mortgages at current market prices. This sounds pretty radical, and a debate was a risky place to announce it. The coming weeks will show if the gamble worked.
To Barak Obama's credit, he didn't hold back either. He really shined during the discussion about health care. Although, if he wanted to make significant ground on McCain it would have been in foreign affairs. And McCain showed he is still the king in that arena. His knowledge of history and his grasp of the diplomacy/military balance were impressive.
Who got more . . . happy points from blocs of voters agreeing with their favorite analysts isn't near as important as what objective polls tell us in the coming weeks. Then we'll find out if McCain's talk about the economy was enough to bring the issue back on the table and close the gap with Obama.
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