Politics | 10/08/2008 11:10 am
3 Video Highlights From the Most Boring Presidential Debate (Videos)

In case you fell asleep or missed it …
Barack Obama and John McCain faced off Tuesday night at the second presidential debate.
In what was one of the last chances for the candidates to sway voters to their side, neither candidate scored any knockout points in a 90-minute debate widely criticized for its lack of drama. Overall, the wowOwow Live Reader Forum found it to be a bore …
Additionally, according to three cable networks’ "reaction groups," Obama won last night’s debate by a nose, according to the Huffington Post and ABC’s hardnose political reporter George Stephanopoulos. HuffPo collected the results from several focus groups: NBC’s focus group of undecided Pennsylvanians has Obama winning by about a 60-40 split. Fox’s focus group showed undecided voters leaning towards Obama because of his position on health care. CBS’s focus group of independents found Obama won 12 percent more voters than McCain, and 35 percent of the respondents said it was a tie. ABC’s "Debate Report Card" graded by Stephanopoulos gave the Democratic running mate As across the board, and marked McCain lower grades in strategy and accuracy. (McCain misquoted his role model, Teddy Roosevelt, as can be viewed in the second clip below.)
Here are three wOw-worthy clips, in which the presidential hopefuls weigh in on the economy, foreign policy and the environment.
On the economy and the newly formed Office of Financial Stability (to oversee the bailout plan):
On foreign policy and Pakistan:
Note: Teddy Roosevelt actually said, "Speak softly and carry a big stick."
On the environment and climate change:























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