The most important issue to me for this election is plans for new energy. I agree with both candidates that America needs to end its dependence on foreign oil, but I disagree with the way McCain wants to do it. I do not believe that we should begin drilling in Alaska and other parts of the United States, I believe that these resources should be left be in case of an emergency (not that this isn't an emergency). But I think while we still have a good source of oil we should look into taking bigger steps towards new types of energy, including solar and wind. There needs to be new advancements in electric and solar cars. I believe that Obama will be the right man to accomplish this goal, and it seems to be one of his top priorities. That is why for the moment, I am an Obama supporter.
The debate ended up doing little for either candidate. Though no candidate did a phenomenal job at the debate, I would have to claim Obama to be the winner. As a result Obama gained a very slim lead in the polls the following weekend. The campaign was fun to watch. Obama, as usual, was a very good public speaker; and in my opinion made McCain look fairly stupid. McCain seemed to try to ignore Obama a lot, attempted to stray away from eye contact. Obama did a good job speaking, but also seemed a little to agressive, cutting in with points when it was clearly not his turn to speak. I suppose that both candidates were prepped on how to act during the debate, and they followed their advisors' words. The last thing that sort of bugged me, but has held the same in every debate, the candidates never really answered any of the questions. They always tied the question to another issue that they could effectivly debate. I am glad that Obama preformed so well, and that his numbers in the polls went up; but the race is far from over, and the next president of the United States is still unclear.
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I agree with you on the dabate, although neither of the candidates impressed me much. I do agree with you that overall Obama won the debate, but it was very close. It was close call because like you said, neither of the candidates really answered the questions that were asked. Both candidates found a way to take the questions and tie them back into one of their main statements, or rather ideas. I agree that when McCain looked down, the gesture made him look less assertive in his beliefs, and even being there at the debate. I found the V.P. debate more interesting than the Presidential debate!
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