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Daily Archives: September 26th, 2008

Live blogging & recapping presidential debate #1

I think that presidential debates are crucial to our understanding of how we can use our votes to better this country.

I’ve been a supporter of both of these gentlemen at different points of this election cycle – I respect them both, but I also believe they’ve each made some grave mistakes. I can’t pretend to be actually “undecided,” since my lifelong commitment to women’s and civil rights clearly dictates my choice in their pairing, and because of that certainty I don’t know whose side I fall on a lot of the other major issues of this election.

Hopefully after the debates I’ll be able to make a more educated decision.

The debate begins…Read more…

Ms. Couric says it best: experience vs. judgment. On this particular range of topics I think experience has the edge. My final tally is McCain 18, Obama 16. Though they were both credible, I’m not really seeing a benefit to voting Obama based on tonight’s performance.