Debate Watchers in Youngstown

“By the way, my friends, I know you grow a little weary with this back-and-forth. It was an energy bill on the floor of the Senate loaded down with goodies, billions for the oil companies, and it was sponsored by Bush and Cheney.

“You know who voted for it? You might never know. That one. You know who voted against it? Me.”"
– John McCain, in the second Presidential debate held October 7.

“Whether Senator McCain meant it that way or not, if you are a person of color, and someone trots out the ‘That one’ remark, you instantly take it as racist. I know that I did, and was deeply offended by it.”
– Don Hammonds, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“Obama won.”
– American people, based on a USA Today/Gallup poll of 735 people who saw the debate. The respondents said that Obama “did the better job” by 56% to the 23% who said McCain did better.