I think it was pretty much a tie, which is really all Obama needed.
A lot of the pundits are reading too much into McCain's body language and his "that one" comment. Let's give credit to the undecided voters; I think they're actually listening to the words of the candidates and trying to hear real solutions. McCain spent way too much time talking about earmarks and pork. He comes across as a one-trick pony. How many times have we heard about the earmark to research bear DNA? Now, he wants to repeatedly tell us about $3 million for a Chicago planetarium? Even if you're a voter who is opposed to the federal government spending money on planetariums, is that really high on your priority list right now? The American public understands that the financial crisis is a large scale problem that won't be solved by just cutting out a little pork from government budgets. There's no easy solution, so neither candidate was able to give one. Voters at least want a President who understands the magnitude of the problem and is willing to work hard to try to come up with long-term solutions. McCain would've been better served to at least sound like he was focusing his energy to working on the problem instead of focusing on $3 million projectors. His message might've been effective during good times when people just want the government to get out of their way. It's like he doesn't realize that people are actually looking to the government for help right now.
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