round two

Just a few words regarding tonight's second Presidential debate...

• McCain gave a solid performance. He clearly knows his campaign is in trouble... wasn't afraid to attack Obama and be the aggressor.
• Obama was firm, unshakable, certainly more presidential. He's obviously the stronger candidate... McCain's barbs rolled off Barack's back.
• Just overheard some of MSNBC's Rachel Maddow's analysis. "McCain was looking for a fight, Obama wasn't." Well said.
• McCain needed this debate to be a game-changer -- it wasn't. Expect McCain/Palin to fill the following weeks with more ridiculous attacks on Obama. They can't win on the issues, this is clear. But, unfortunately for the GOP, the American people don't want to hear a political candidate -- especially a Presidential candidate -- level incendiary attacks on his or her opponent when this country -- and the rest of the world, for that matter -- is staring down the long barrel of a potentially terrifying economic crisis.