Watching the Debates

Hugh Hewitt:

John McCain's impressive performance on Friday's night debate underscored again and again that Barack Obama just doesn't understand the nature of America's enemies or the threats arrayed against us.

Senator Obama's cringe-inducing bracelet moment also raised deep questions about the Democratic nominee's performance abilities, long believed to be near perfect.

An incredibly close election now turns its focus to the Biden-Palin debate and--largely because of the absolutely brutal treatment she's been given by mainstream media--the odds are greatly stacked against the Alaska governor.

Senator Obama was graded on a very relaxed curve by his advocates in MSM, but Governor Palin can expect relentless criticism from the usual suspects no matter what she says. Let's hope she boldly contrasts her actual experience governing with Senator Obama's long record of talking without results--and Joe Biden's longer record of being plain old wrong on all the issues that matter."