Barack Obama and John McCain will face off tonight in the second of three debates, just four weeks until the Presidential election. Tonight’s format is a town hall, my favorite kind of format, because it moves away from the rehearsed, stilted feel of two podiums, one moderator, and an hour and a half of redundant campaign talking points.
I expect tonight to be rather confrontational; during the last few days the airwaves have been inundated with vitriolic attack ads from both campaigns. The Obama camp gained some significant ground after the VP debate, and if McCain doesn’t put forth a stellar performance tonight, it could be the beginning of the end for his campaign. Luckily for McCain, one of his strong suits is speaking in a town hall setting and answering questions off-the-cuff. Incidentally, this tends to be one of Obama’s weaknesses.
Like last week, I will be liveblogging the debate on Twitter. Also, CSPAN has a great site that posts live clips of the debate as they are happening, so if I see anything I really find interesting, I can post the clip a few moments after it happens.
Enjoy the show.
