US Presidential Debate 3
The third presidential debate came and went. Nothing really new happened. McCain had to do something radical to regain momentum. He did show more agression, but he also looked like a grumpy old man. As for Obama, it wasn’t his best debate, but in the end he won just by keeping calm. That’s all he had to do and he did it.
So, what now at less than three weeks from the election ?
Obama, barring some really unforseen circumstance, has won. All the polls give him a 6 to 10 % margin in the popular vote and even more in the electoral college. As of today Realclearpolitics.com gives Obama 286 electoral votes to McCains 158 with 94 as a tossup ( 270 is the number needed to get elected).
As far as I can see all McCain can do is to try and hold the solid republican states which Obama is trying to steal, and lose with some dignity.
More important, even though the Republicans won’t admit it, are the other races, Senator, Congress, Governor, etc. They have to try and minimize the losses. It’s inevitable that a Democratic Presidential victory will flow down to the lesser elections, so even if McCain is lost he will try to do as well as he can to help stem the bleeding.
