Debate Wrapup

A good time was had by all at the debate party at the Circle Cinema last night. The crowd this time was a bit less than one hundred. That's less than last time, but not by a huge amount. Fairly impressive.

Ms. Palin didn't exactly sound like leader of the Free World material, but she didn't run crying from the auditorium either. That's probably enough to call it a moral victory for her. Plus everybody's attention was taken away from the lousy economy. That's a big win for McCain.

As far as the actual debate, all the instapolling last night seems to indicate that Biden stomped her. Highlights were him going after Cheney, and a moment late in the debate where he talked about the adversity he's seen in his life, and choked up a bit when he got to the part about his son almost dying.



This isn't even the half of it either. His wife and baby daughter died in the same accident. I've often wondered why he didn't bring it up more often, but it's pretty clear from watching this that he just can't do it without getting emotional and loosing his train of thought. I guess the rest of us will have to bring it up for him.

Again, I don't think in the long run VP debates matter much. For a debate that will matter, meet us back at the Circle on Tuesday for the second presidential debate. This will be in McCain's favorite format, Town Hall, so its his best (perhaps only) remaining chance to turn the election around. However, Obama's not exactly a noob at talking to people one on one and in small groups either. That's pretty much what a community organizer does.

Workin' for the Weekend
We are down to the final week for voter registrations, and need to go out big. Tomorrow we will be doing a big voter registration push at Osage Hills. We suspect there are a very large amount of interested but unregistered voters there. This one drive has the potential to turn the whole election in Tulsa County. So please call Mary Jo at 269-4400 or email Greg and prepare to show up at the headquarters tomorrow morning at 11:30 with a clipboard and a smile.