Race for the White House: Debate watchers at UNO (Ne.-Omaha) say McCain lacked in answers

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2835&u_sid=10461341

Published Wednesday October 15, 2008
Race for the White House: Debate watchers at UNO say McCain lacked in answers
BY ANDREW J. NELSON
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

It was difficult to find anyone sitting on the fence at the University of Nebraska at Omaha W.H. Thompson Alumni Center on Wednesday night for the season’s final presidential debate-watching party.

The crowd was predominantly young University of Nebraska at Omaha students who supported Democratic nominee Barack Obama over Republican candidate John McCain.

And they weren’t swayed.

Kaeli Samson, 24, a graduate student in psychobiology, said McCain didn’t provide specific-enough or relevant-enough answers. She cited McCain’s answer about how his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sara Palin, would perform if she had to assume the presidency. Talking about Palin’s personal attributes wasn’t enough, she said.

"They are important for a regular person, a governor ... but as far as being a potential president," Samson said, McCain’s answer had very little to do with what would matter.

Joey Gazda, 25, a graduate student in communications who has worked on Republican campaigns, said for McCain to have scored a momentum-changing win in the debate, Obama would have had to make a major mistake and McCain would have had to start "punching him on the way down."

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[Bicoastal]

1. Oh, I thought you meant the Pizza place.