Un - Change - D
A debate without direction, without pointed or innovative questions, will likely produce a contest that appears very much as it did before the 90-minute outing at Belmont University in Nashville. With Barack Obama seizing a lead in national and battleground polls, and John McCain attempting to discredit Obama as a viable commander in chief.
McCain hit Obama at every possible turn. But the criticism -- that Obama is going to tax voters into oblivion, that he would invade Pakistan, that he was wrong about the surge in Iraq and that he would fine Americans for not purchasing health insurance -- could've played as too negative.
Obama, meanwhile, tagged McCain to President Bush whenever possible.
Because this was so status quo-ish, I'm going ask for reader comments ... Thoughts? React? Who was more effective? Learn anything new?
What does McCain need to do to change the dynamic?
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