Well, his support marking one month before the November elections, the Arizona senator hopes that the casual format in his second debate against Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday would help him shake up that another race to be sliding away.
But the evening was less than most freewheeling town houses - the campaigns negotiated rules that determine conditions and discouraged follow-ups - and most of the back and forth candidates echo of his stump speeches and TV ads.
Ninety minutes later, there were no major flubs knockout or sold either by people, nothing indicates that the sort of "game-changer" that McCain needed at a time, Obama is rising in the polls nationally and in the main States.
Their tone was generally civil, but their exchanges were tough and the burden of the long campaign visible. During their first debate, Obama has repeatedly pointed out, if he agrees with McCain that issue was absent this time. At one point, McCain, Obama disparagingly referred to simply as "that one."
There is more traffic, more flashes of personality and more interaction between the candidates than before.
McCain was much more relaxed, take a walk around the stage, joking with moderator Tom Brokaw and a questioner Clap on the back. Speaking in a low, serious tone, he described Obama as a politician with a "short career" and a "secret" plan to increase taxes. He reveals a 300 billion U.S. dollars treasury plan for homeowners to re-mortgage and stay in their homes.
"The times are hard," he said as the debate ended. "We have a steady hand at the helm."
Obama reinforced the questioners were the questions and called them by their first names, although he missed McCain is easily heat. He debts of the economic core meltdown at the failed economic policies of the past eight years strongly supported by President Bush and supported by Senator McCain. "He asked McCain strength, and he notes sung mockingly about the bombing of Iran.
"Look, you are not interested in political point fingers," said Obama, promising a change in the policy of the national economy for Foreign Affairs.
McCain faces a dilemma: In recent days he has attacked Obama as an inexperienced, thin and less than reliable. Obama, in turn, has accused him of "smear tactics." The Republican campaign has Obama'60 the radical Bill Ayers, while the Democrats have again the Keating Five scandal against McCain - although neither, nor Ayers Charles Keating was mentioned in the debate.
Negative attacks, but the risks are less partisan, independent like-minded voters, whose heads are not as long as the campaign enters the last stretch.
The competition has heated up in recent weeks, McCain's reputation signs of erosion, according to a Gallup poll conducted Friday through Sunday. The Arizona senator was viewed favorably by 55%, unfavorably by 40% - a less positive picture than the 2 / 1 favorable rating, he had a month earlier.
Obama has the rating, at 62% favorable-34% unfavorable, was essentially unchanged.
The survey at another problem for McCain. The themes that made him the most pleasure to be taken into account by the voters, as they are concerned about cascading economic problems and see the stock market decline. On the question to name the most important problems facing the country, only 2% said terrorism and 1% tax.
Seven of 10 cited the economy, a topic of the survey showed that Obama is more trusted to handle. Nine of the 10 said they were dissatisfied with the country in the direction, bad news for the candidate whose party the White House. Nine percent said they were satisfied - the most beat-down vote on a national Gallup since the issue began 30 years ago.
No wonder that the opening question from the audience, and the second and third and went to the deterioration of the global economy. Thus, the fourth question, from Internet applications.
At least three times, McCain detailed his differences with Bush. He has the character of Teddy Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover to Obama - the last president, he said that the taxes during an economic downturn.
For his part, Obama appeared out of politics for personal at the end, recalling his mother's financial struggles and deadly disease and the "American Dream", which allowed him to go to the people the best schools and now fighting for the nation highest Office.
There is not much time left for either candidate on his case, with only 27 days until the election and seven days, until the third and final debate. The theme will be offered: the economy.( Finance Information City )
0 comments:
Post a Comment