There were several awkward moments in tonight's presidential debate that I'm still trying to understand. I'll chalk it up to an "out-of-touch" McCain trying to stand toe to toe with one of the greatest political speakers in our lifetime. I felt bad for McCain as this format was not physically good for his older, smaller, and more robotic movements. It looked like the people in the room were visibly uncomfortable with McCain's movements and his inability to make jokes or relate to individuals. The only point that went well for McCain was his statement about the need for bailing out families in addition to wall street executives. The problem is that this is the one point that McCain has simply adopted Obama's earlier position. Obama made the case for a bottom up rescue over a week ago and McCain is late to the party. I felt that nearly every debate point ended with Obama closing out on an up note and perfectly rebutting McCain's points. Barack Obama has improved on his conversational tone and each debate seems to move him further ahead of the increasingly irrelevant John McCain. Can anyone say Bob Dole?

3 points:

1) Bob Dole was the last Republican I voted for (stop laughing!)

2) I've yet to vote for a winner in a general presidential election. I hated Clinton. I voted Libertarian in the last election and the DMV lost my voter registration in 2000 so I couldn't vote when I showed up at the polls (I was going to vote for Bush).

3) Until this year, I'd never once voted for a winner in a presidential primary so the latest trend is to break all previous trends.