Mac Fuller writes:My thoughts on the nine issues discussed in the debate that just concluded. 1.  McCain won.  Economy & Joe the ubiquitously omnipresent plumber.2.  McCain won,... but Obama was very smooth while lying (Biden has been giving him lessons?).  Obama never answered the question of what he would cut of his $200 billion in additional deficit spending.  McCain took half his time not answering but finally did.  He got Obama to use his (McCain's) chosen terms such as "hatchett," "scalpel," and "earmarks," just as he got Obama to use "Joe the pumber" repeatedly.  McCain was finally, clearly on the attack here. 3.  DRAW.  The issue was "leadership in the campaign."  McCain answered but not well.  Obama silkily did not answer at all, but this marked the beginning of the meandering by Obama that worsened especially when McCain directly (in this debate they sat physically...(Read Full Post)