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So far Obama has benefited from having appeared in debates with the strange world of democratic politicians. His stump speech may be great...but he actually looked immature next to Hillary. His only benefit...was that he was next to Hillary. The debates with McCain should be visually interesting, because we are used to Presidents who look mature. Even Kennedy looked older than Obama...who could pass for someone in his mid thirties.

OB was not very good in debating Alan Keyes, IMO, OB’s debating skills were on par with Jr. High debaters!
A puff the majic dragon campaign will not get him in the WH, unless JMcC implodes!

Obama...who could pass for someone in his mid thirties

That, however, is a big plus for Obama. He is drawing in new voters, young voters. And they are in numbers that are twice the total primary vote in 2004.

That is what the GOP nominee has to face. Like it or not, OLD McCain is just not going to be drawing masses of young voters. He is having a difficult time just trying to get the conservative base numbers up to 50%. For the political junkies McCain may have an edge on longevity, but that is only going to attract the political junkies who understand it.

Obama is running on 'change' and 'optimism'.

McCain has admitted 'Washington is broken', and his being there nearly 25 years is one of the reasons 'Washington is broken'. He is old Washington establishment, same-o, status quo. That is going to be a high mountain for McCain to climb.