2008 debates

The 2008 debates were the first debates I actually watched. I tried to pay attention to the 2004 election debates but couldn't get into due to the fact that I was to young. the most interesting aspect of the debates is how one person in the debate is always in charge. for example the first debate Obama came out and spoke out for what he believed in while McCain just tried not to look stupid. another example would be with Joe Biden, when debating Palin you could tell he was in charge and palin was trying not to sure about what she was saying while all she mainly did was try to not look sad, but happy the entire time.

when the two candidates spoke you could see who they were attempting to speak out to, and that was the normal American who needs a lot of help due to losing their houses and poor medical care. watching the different techniques both candidates had was pretty entertaining. you could see that Obama and Biden wanted to go out and try to make the other person look like they had no clue what they were talking about. as to where McCain and Palins idea was to smile the whole time try to connect with audience even though they weren't at the debate. you could see Palin doing this by winking at the audience every couple of minutes.