Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Gearing Up For The Debate...

As most of you know, the last Presidential Debate is tonight! If we look at past debates and the debates now, we realize that they were a lot more intense before. In class, we watched a video of old debates and some of those reporters were harsh & direct. Do we see any of that anymore? Nope.

So I thought that before the debate happens, we could think about some things that the public would really like to hear addressed.

For example, a lot of people have a problem with McCain's age. Will his old age affect his presidency & what would he say to voters worried about it? If he dies within his presidency, that means Palin would become President. Most people (at least, I'd think so) would pick Obama over Palin at the very least, right? Even Republicans? And the constantly reiterated point that he's a POW. Is that enough of a platform to win? Does that prove that he will be a good President?

One of the main problems people have with Obama is his youth and lack of experience. I think the laws put in place by our forefathers said that the minimum age necessary to be President is 35. Obama is past that age, and yet some people still have a problem with it. Lack of experience? The Republicans have no argument considering the person next in line for Presidency after McCain is even more inexperienced than him. Is that really a legitimate case against Obama? And another is his race/skin color... I heard some political figures actually saying that would put the U.S. back with foreign countries because they'd see him as an ally with terrorists?? Wow.

Since this debate is going to be such a turning point for McCain's campaign (or breaking point), I wonder if any of these issues will be addressed tonight. Will they hurt Obama, and therefore help McCain? Or will they help Obama, and push him further ahead?

We'll see.

1 comment:

Ana C said...

I was a little surprised that the moderator did not ask any questions about foreign policy. I realize that foreign policy is not the first thing on most Americans' mind with the bad economy and everything, but i think its a pretty important topic. I know Obama and McCain have probably said what they are going to do to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons, or what they are going to do if they get nuclear weapons, but i can't remember. I thought the debate would of been a good time for them to summarize their foreign policy plans and their plans for Iraq and Afghanistan. If this Presidential debate was the only one I watched and the only information I knew about the candidates was from this debate i would know nothing about Obama or McCain's foreign policy except that Obama's VP has good foreign policy experience.