I’m always late to the interesting bitch fests.

Who won the debate? Nobody.

Now, who lost the debate? McCain.

McCain was the underdog going into this debate, he needed to reverse the momentum, and foreign policy is his strongest area. Unfortunately he didn’t deliver the knock out blow. Obama held his own.

It is also obvious that McCain is going to suffer image issues in these debates. He whistles like a gopher when he talks, he talks down to his opponent like an old man, he can’t raise his hands over his head, he’s significantly shorter than Obama with no neck, and he can’t look at Obama because it’s the only way he can control his temper.

I also couldn’t stop looking at that stupid line graph of the opinion of Democrats, Republicans, & Independents that was always scrolling at the bottom of the screen. At first it was pretty even, but near the end the Independent line would go up steadily as Obama spoke, then dive sharply when McCain spoke, only to rise very slowly towards the middle. It sharply dived whenever McCain attacked Obama, or when Obama tried to defend Iraq for some reason. The only time it really remained high for McCain is when he talked about Iran. It’s just too bad for him that that was the last debate that he’ll *really* have a chance to talk about Iran with the current economic crises.