quick hit

OK, so it looks like I'm a part of the minuscule minority who though McCain won last night's debate... well, at least the first half of it. He came out strong, finally looked Obama in the eye, and put forth really good arguments for his policies.

Then he got bogged down in the whole Ayers thing, and the rest of the debate was pretty much a draw in my eyes. Did McCain seem grumpy? Sure, at times... but at times Obama looked goofy, grinning too much. Did Obama seem steadier, less liable for emotional ups and downs. Absolutely, and that's what I think most people (at least those who saw him winning the debate) saw.

McCain seems like a guy who'd like a clean campaign... I would have loved it if one of them would have just held out his hand and said, "Let's make a pledge, right here, right now, to have NO negative ads for the remaining three weeks. No attack ads, no 'comparison' ads." It would have put the other is a horrible dilemma... and it would have been fun to watch (no matter what direction it was heading).

Then we could have been spared crap like this from the Sacramento GOP (who has since removed it from their site)...

What bullshit.