SectionsCandidate debate a toss up
Students have differing views on winner
Sarah Bennett
Issue date: 9/30/08 Section: News
Cline said McCain made no big mistakes and did a good job of projecting experienced steadiness.
"Voters who are looking for somebody comfortable are going to really like the John McCain performance," Cline said.
Cline said overall the debate was mediocre on everybody's part, including the moderator PBS's Jim Lehrer. He asked open-ended questions which allowed the politicians to stick to their spin points.
"No politician is going to go off their spin points unless forced to do so because that's what keeps them out of trouble," Cline said. "If nothing surprising comes out of either of the candidate's mouths, then the moderator did a bad job."
The next presidential debate will take place on Oct. 7. It will be in a town hall format, and all questions will be asked by the audience and not the moderator.
Belzer said Obama will only get stronger in the debates to come.
"Once we get to issues like health care, the environment, education, he's really got some ideas that he's going to push forward," Belzer said.
Hassani said the debate she is most looking forward to is the vice presidential debate taking place Thursday at Washington University in St. Louis.
"I feel like we all know pretty much everything that both McCain and Obama have to say, but the VP's are more of a wild card."
The vice presidential debate will begin at 8 p.m. on the major broadcast networks as well as the cable news stations.
"Voters who are looking for somebody comfortable are going to really like the John McCain performance," Cline said.
Cline said overall the debate was mediocre on everybody's part, including the moderator PBS's Jim Lehrer. He asked open-ended questions which allowed the politicians to stick to their spin points.
"No politician is going to go off their spin points unless forced to do so because that's what keeps them out of trouble," Cline said. "If nothing surprising comes out of either of the candidate's mouths, then the moderator did a bad job."
The next presidential debate will take place on Oct. 7. It will be in a town hall format, and all questions will be asked by the audience and not the moderator.
Belzer said Obama will only get stronger in the debates to come.
"Once we get to issues like health care, the environment, education, he's really got some ideas that he's going to push forward," Belzer said.
Hassani said the debate she is most looking forward to is the vice presidential debate taking place Thursday at Washington University in St. Louis.
"I feel like we all know pretty much everything that both McCain and Obama have to say, but the VP's are more of a wild card."
The vice presidential debate will begin at 8 p.m. on the major broadcast networks as well as the cable news stations.
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