The importance of expression

[jducoeur]

By the numbers, I'd say that Obama is doing a better job in the debate. But he's making one key mistake: he's allowing McCain to *look* much friendlier and more approachable, even if (IMO) McCain's actual arguments aren't as strong. So he may lose this round in at least one key respect -- more people may come away *wanting* to vote for McCain at the pure gut level. It'll be interesting to see tomorrow's polls...

Comments

[umbran.livejournal.com]

Were you watching the CNN version? They had a panel of Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, all of whom claimed they were at least willing to be convinced by strong arguments. They had a measurement system, for the panel to give instant feedback on what candidates were saying.

You'd expect the Democrats would generally trend to be positive when Obama spoke. And Republicans when McCain spoke. And that's how it went.

The telling thing, to me, was that generally, when McCain spoke, the Independents trended negative...