Presidential Debate 2 [10/07/08]

It just felt like a mashup of everything covered in the first debate, but I was just thankful that overall they managed to keep the attacking to policy, not the normal character bombardment that's come to define the past few months of campaigning. The format was absolutely horrible, though. They spent too much time asking for permission to talk about xyz or discussing stupid nuances in the set rules. Regardless, Obama was the clear winner for me; I thought his response on health care (a right vs. McCain's responsibility response) was impressive.

Plus, was anyone watching it on CNN? I nearly wanted to tear my hair out after an hour and a half of that stupid graph that kept track of an independent voters focus group's reaction in real time.