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The Eye-Rolling Debate
By David Knowles - Politics DailyWhen it comes to presidential debates, I'm normally not a big fan of body-language analysis. You know, that staple of cable television news, when "experts" in the field slice and dice each cough or sigh for symbolic import. Most of the time, you see, our presidential candidates act well within the bounds of commonly acceptable physical comportment, so what we end up with are a bunch of hack pseudo-psychologists telling us why a flip of the hair or a pursing of the lips belied a deep-seated anxiety in candidate x or y. There have been a few notable exceptions along the way: Nixon Vs. Kennedy, ...
Old McCain vs. 'That One'
By David Knowles - Politics DailyIf there was one answer that seemed to epitomize John McCain's lackluster performance in Tuesday's presidential debate with Barack Obama, it came when Tom Brokaw asked each man whether the federal government should start a Manhattan-project-like task force to attend to the country's energy woes, or whether it should fund the thousands of small business who are already busy picking up the government's slack response. At the heart of the question was what, exactly, the role of government should be to fix what both men agree needs to be a priority for the next administration .McCain's response ...
Sarah Palin, Wink, Wink
By David Knowles - Politics DailyAndrew Sullivan highlighted the following love letter from the National Review's Rich Lowry regarding Sarah Palin's debate performance:I'm sure I'm not the only male in America who, when Palin dropped her first wink, sat up a little straighter on the couch and said, "Hey, I think she just winked at me." And her smile. By the end, when she clearly knew she was doing well, it was so sparkling it was almost mesmerizing. It sent little starbursts through the screen and ricocheting around the living rooms of America. Never mind that the right began this campaign complaining about Barack Obama's ...
Obama's Lead: Growing, Growing. . .
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThis race is a long way from over, but even arch-conservative Charles Krauthammer seems to see the writing on the wall:You can't blame McCain. In an election in which all the fudamentals are working for the opposition, he feels he has to keep throwing long in order to keep hope alive. Nonetheless, his frenetic improvisation has perversely (for him) framed the rookie challenger favorably as calm, stead and cool......he's [Obama has] got both a first-class intellect and a first-class temperament. That will likely be enough to make him president.Snap polls show independent voters prefered Obama ...
Debate Moderator Failed
By David Knowles - Politics DailyThough most polls are showing that Joe Biden "won" his debate with Sarah Palin last night, I couldn't help but feel a bit cheated by the whole thing. Why? Because the candidates were allowed to ramble on and on with their talking points. In effect, there was very little in the night that differed from the stump speeches each candidate delivers on a daily basis. Biden got to ramble on about the middle class, Scranton, how John McCain is like George Bush -- while Palin repeatedly kept gushing her "maverick" mantra. The responsibility for steering these candidates toward substantive matters, and ...
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