"That one" won the instant polling after the town hall last evening, with McCain coming in at about 28%. Since all the pre-debate town hall chatter was about McCain's favoring town hall style formats, McCain should have clearly won but he didn't (and that's why now, it was "BORING").
They both fell back in their political talking points (Obama a little bit more so than McCain). But if the subtly of "that one" was lost from the audience, there wasn’t any post-debate analysis about how McCain on many occasions stumbled over his own words--he sounded nervous in a venue where all the pundits were claiming the town hall format was McCain's "home turf". Obama, stylistically did better; he has evolved in these debates (he should, what after 23 during the primaries); he’s more polished now, stutters less, and delivered more concise rebuttals. Some the pundits noted last night that Obama finally got specific on the economics; although, you really can’t get too specific because circumstance do change and committing to anything too specific could easily have little to no relevance later. One other issue that was brought up, post debate; If you’re still “Undecided”, you probably do have some inkling or leaning a certain direction but just aren’t going to tell the pollsters or the media; or at least, if you’re honestly undecided, you may just have not had the time to pay closer attention and do truly end up deciding at the last minute (in the voting booth).

The world would be much improved if all the right wingnuts committed mass suicide.

I watched this debate from abroad (3 a.m. my time), and one thing that struck me was how often McCain emphasized being a "maverick", voting aginst his party, and how Obama "never" voted against his party. That seems to say more for the quality of the Democratic line than anything against Obama. McCain apparently was in agreement with Obama, so why should Obama have voted against his party?