I'm thinking Barack is better at freestyle. McCain rambled over notes he brought to the last debate

[bigtree]

He read them badly and stumbled through fragments of the speeches he's been making. I don't think McCain's rap is as centered on the actual needs of voters like Obama's has been. It's a mix of grumbling about the past and personal, petty attacks.

Obama has an effortless repertoire which is a complete digest of a comprehensive domestic agenda which ranges from health care to economics, from energy to national defense. It's something he's been consistent in presenting before audiences throughout this campaign. It's centered on the voters themselves.

McCain won't sell tonight.

[babylonsister]

1. I think everyone's built McCain and his success at town halls up at their

peril. Obama can think on his feet; McCain can, as you say, ramble on about his talking points. I think the difference will be obvious and matter.

[Renew Deal]

4. Where has McCain shown that he's good at this format?

I'd like to see that. I haven't seen anything from him to show that he's any good at open formats.

[babylonsister]

9. So glad you asked! Here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MUVva0zCf4&eurl=http://www.jedreport.com/

[Erin Elizabeth]

11. Ha!!! Glad the expectations are so high for him!

Hee.

[Schulzz]

6. I think you are right.

Obama is actually trying to answer the questions in his own town halls. I have watched many of them during the primaries. He was not just trying to sell his talking points.

[Renew Deal]

2. I am more in line with this point of view.

I think Obama has been much better in these formats. Obama has answered many more questions in this format than McCain. McCain has been pretty rough when off script. Let the media say McCain has the advantage.

[Erin Elizabeth]

10. Fishes.....fishes......fishes just love the oil rigs!

He's pretty wacky in town hall formats. I can't wait.

[Cha]

17. The coporatemedia always

gets it wrong. How can one large media organization be such losers?

[corkhead]

3. all the pressure is on McSame, he sees his dream slipping away.

after the shit that has gone down this week, I am looking for some tasty schadenfreude:beer:

[Ashy Larry]

5. Barack can flow off the dome son!

McCain's shit is written.

[valerief]

7. McCain will have plants in the audience he can see. Those plants can cue him.

Or ask all his questions.

[bigtree]

12. McCain won't gain any more advantage from the questions asked

. . . than in the way he answers them.

I don't know what the make up of this audience will be, but most voters who come to these events don't react well to the silliness. McCain is all silliness.

[valerief]

13. Did these people need to get tickets first? Maybe 75% went to McCain people. nt

[bigtree]

16. ha!

I've seen Barack campaign in the south. He'll do fine.

[valerief]

19. If we could count on America's votes to count, then it'd be a total landslide for Obama. nt

[Erin Elizabeth]

8. Exactly what I think.

McDouche gets really rambly when he tries to go off the cuff and a town hall meeting is pretty much just that.

Expect McDouch to stick a lot of his stump speech in there, no matter what the question is. Hey, he probably figures if it worked for Sarah, why not him?

[Cha]

14. Rec'd! Thanks, bigtree..this is

key.

[Democat]

15. Not to sound ageist, but McCain is very "Leave it to Beaver" sounding

I realize that many of the voters, and many of my fine fellow DU members as well, are as old as McCain himself, but his corny word choices and 100 year old stories just make him seem very much about the past. Obama seems very much about the future. I hope that I'm not the only one who feels that way and sorry if it offends anyone.

In this format, I think McCain may have even more chance to sound out of touch and just plain old.

[blm]

18. I agree. I think Barack will be superb tonight.

.

[bigtree]

20. yep

I think I'll go down to the store and get a beer . . . :hi: