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It's the Temperament Stupid - Three's the Charm?
This debate wasn’t about McCain going “all in” on the Surge, although in a sense it was. And it wasn’t about McCain going all in on earmark reform and tax cuts for the rich as the be all and end all of domestic fiscal policy, although in a sense it was that too. Since the two of them were more or less even on scoring points that their supporters would agree with, and Obama was playing this on McCain’s alleged home turf – foreign policy and national security – with Obama coming into the debate ahead in the polls, one might think that the fact that Obama held his own (and then some) spelled the victory "on points" that helps keep his campaign moving in a positive direction. And that would be true also. But that’s not it either.
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