Shortly before midnight on 10/7/08 the 2nd Presidential debate was completed. Fox News is framing that both candidates tried to make some headway in the polls but neither got very far. The debate was 2/3 related to the economy. The other third mostly dealt in foreign relations. Obama now looks to be ahead in the polls by 7% before the debate and McCain is trailing in key battleground states. Fox News learned that before the debate Obama called upon his economic advisors to draft an updated economic agenda that looks upon the middle class and those who are unemployed.
The question was proposed as to who they would want to be there Treasury Secretary which is now considered to be the most powerful cabinet position. No candidate claimed an exact person who they would nominate and be subject to Senate confirmation which is a broken process in itself. "Asked whom they would appoint as their treasury secretary, neither McCain nor Obama definitively named a candidate. McCain mentioned supporter and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman as a possibility, while Obama mentioned supporter and billionaire Warren Buffet."
I think that it was a mistake for both candidates to not mention education or propose a real energy policy. The American people care about energy particularly at a time when energy costs have gone nowhere but up in recent years. Americans also care about their children's education and their increased standard of living. I also did not really see a clear winner of the debate following the 2008 Debate Watch. I think that both candidates said things that were helpful to voters and then again we heard some of the same tired rhetoric that we have heard many times before.
We will see who jumps ahead in the polls following this debate because chances are whoever is in the lead at that point will most likely capture the White House in November. That wonderful piece of information was provided by Dr. Robert Rupp at the 2008 Debate Watch. Less than four weeks left...
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