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Both candidates segued into their canned "closing remarks" -- even though there were not supposed to be closing statements.
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McCain repeats his old line about looking into Putin's eyes and seeing KGB. Is Russia evil empire? McCain: "Maybe." Obama: "evil behavior."
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McCain said he was "joking with an old veteran friend" when he sang bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.
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McCain thinks he has a winner: Attacking Obama for saying he'd go into Pakistan to kill bin Laden. Obama think HE has the winning argument.
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McCain wants "a cool hand at the tiller" in international crises. Which one of these guys is cool and which is hot?
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It looks on TV monitors like McCain is repeatedly turning his back on Obama. It may be an optical illusion, but it's off-putting.
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McCain calls Obama "that one" -- with a wag of the finger. Gut feeling: It won't play well in Middle America. Not respectful.
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McCain's role models are so 1980: Ronald Reagan, Tip O'Neill, Alan Greenspan, Joe Lieberman. Obama's only golden oldie: JFK.
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McCain violates a cardinal rule of debates: repeats a charge vs. him. Says he is not favor tax cuts for the rich.
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Obama missed a big opportunity to attack McCain on Social Security privatization. Chose to focus on energy, healthcare instead.
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Obama has been debating George Bush almost as much as John McCain.
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McCain is moving a lot more across the stage. Is it intimate or distracting?
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Brokaw asks about next Treasury Secretary. Guess what? McCain doesn't say Phil Gramm.
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Where's that McCain flag pin? Don't see it. Obama has his on.
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We're in the usual awkward silence before the debate. Three minutes of nervousness. Two minutes to action.
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Luck or fate? Democrats have won the coin toss to decide who will go first THREE TIMES IN A ROW.
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Gallup picked the undecided voters who will be asking questions.
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The undecided voters are in a circular set on the stage. A big audience of decided voters (Gore, Thompson, Alexander, etc.) behind cameras.
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Tom Brokaw is welcoming everyone to Nashville. Tells people not to snap photos. Outbursts "will not be tolerated." Brokaw as schoolmarm.
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Al Gore at a presidential debate. I'm having flashbacks to 2000. Is Joe Lieberman there? Are they speaking? How times have changed!
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