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Style: Clearly more confident talking to voters in his cherished town-hall format than standing behind a podium. Authentically displayed feel-your-pain concern over the economy, in a smoother manner than usual. But while he held the audience's attention with his answers and theatrics, he distractingly and conspicuously scribbled notes when Obama had the floor. His errant reference to Obama as "that one" probably jarred some viewers. Bottom line: with his rival in the lead, the Republican nominee was forced into aggression and antagonism but often flirted with the desperate and negative...
...McCain's campaign to define Obama on its own terms, McCain also has to build himself up, explain his ideas for the economy, remind voters what they like about him, display sincere optimism and flash some charm, which has been sorely lacking of late. Adding even more complexity, the format for this debate is a town hall, with most of the questions coming from voters in the auditorium, which could potentially limit McCain's ability to play rough when trying to score points against the Democrat...
...favorite debate format is one in which I am in charge." - Sept. 18 online Q&A with the Washington Post
...much lower; after her unsteady performance in interviews with Katie Couric (including an apparent inability to name any Supreme Court cases other than Roe v. Wade that she disagreed with), Palin could go a long way to restoring her credibility with a strong showing in an unstructured format...
...debate of mostly general questions, she chose never to be any more specific than necessary. Had some planned policy points she was keen to make, but such moments were few and fleeting. Benefited from the format, which invited simplicity and avoided confrontation...