"I have a bracelet too.."

"I have a bracelet too..." What? Are you serious? I couldn't help but laugh! If there was a sound bite for the night, that was one of them. Another was when Obama was talking about Iran. He made several missteps, until McCain finally jumped in over the top of him and humorously joked that Obama would sit across from Iran and listen to their foolish talk about Israel and say, oh no you won't. I thought those played very much in McCain's favor.

More importantly, time and time again McCain came across as having a tremendous amount of experience on national defense and foreign policy. He repeatedly mentioned trips he had taken to different countries and regions and referenced world leaders by name. Obama came off very weak, very naive on the whole thing.

Obama did not fall on his face. He was obviously prepared and spoke very well, even without the prompter, which is a really big breakthrough for him. However, he also said several times that he agreed with McCain, which helped to give a visual example of the reality that McCain is a leader and Obama is a nice, naive, extremely liberal guy who would have done much better if he would have waited 8 - 12 years while he gained some real experience and had a chance to step up and develop some leadership, which he is sorely lacking.

In short, McCain won handily. It wasn't a knock out, but it was definitely a clear victory.

BTW, I'm switching back and forth between MSNBC and FNC and the libs and conservatives are all saying the same thing. McCain 1 Obama 0.

***Update: Olbermann trying to spin that Obama did good, although he definitely isn't saying that Obama won. This guy is absolutely ridiculous and is trying to say that McCain claimed Pakistan is a failed state, but what McCain SAID was that before Musharraf took over Pakistan in a military coupe, it was a failed state. True statement. Olbermann is extremely dishonest.

***Update: Olbermann actually said there is no doubt that McCain won the debate. WOW!! I just about fell off of my couch! He even mentioned (with shame all over his face) the "I have a bracelet too..." line. For a smidgen of a moment I had respect for Olbermann. Don't worry it passed.