And Round Two Goes To...

Well, you do you think I'm going to say?

It was less of a push than debate one. Obama, I believe, was the clear victor. He did not deliver a knockout blow. Then again, he didn't need to. All Obama needed to do to succeed was not trip up his momentum. If anything, last night will increase that momentum.

McCain had a tougher challenge. He had to stop the rolling boulder. To do it, he needed to nail Obama on the economy. It really is the only way for him to take this election back. I believed he failed at this. He looked like a frustrated man who didn't have real answers. Instead, he went on the attack, going so low as to call his opponent "that one". More on that later. The attacks failed him.

John McCain is fast becoming a punchless former warrior. His verbal assaults may be bitter, but they fail to have any sticking power. When it comes to debating -- to fighting -- Hillary Clinton he is not. This is all quite fine with me. Barack Obama is on course for the White House.

As for McCain's poor choice of words when debating, I have only to say that I expect more from America's leaders. McCain and Obama are battling to become the leader of what is still the leading nation in the world. The leader is to act in a dignified fashion -- with a sense of class. Calling a political opponent "that one" was classless. It did not degrade Barack Obama, as his non-response to it showed the class expected of the leader of the free world. It did degrade John McCain. Shame on him. He should be better than that.