Anyone have any idea how the little scrolling “Audience Reaction” is measured? CNN has one trendline for independents, republicans, and democrats, and I’m not sure where they’re getting those numbers.
Update 1: Dennis left a comment with this CNN link which gives a partial answer: “Voters watch the debate from Columbus, Ohio, and give their reaction to the responses in real-time.” But how this is done is not clear; nor is it stated how they gauge who is republican, democratic, or independent (presumably self-identification).
Update 2: Ernanio points out “They have a bunch of potential voters from OHIO seated in a room with a dial thingamaging on their hands that when rotated can go from 0 – 100 to show how much they are liking the candidates intervention.”
Oops… ^ that link is for you James.
Does anyone know either candidate’s tells?
@Dennis: Yes, they bleed from their eyes.
One reason i dislike McCain is how often he repeats the same thing all the time.
And Dennis, the Daily Show and Colbert Report need all weekend to put together this debate
@James: lol
@Jessica: Haha, yes that is perfect. Am going crosseyed from hearing both Dane Cook and John McCain at the same time. Dane McCain.
@Tim: I think that’s a good observation. People don’t like ad hominem attacks. It’s low, particularly in a face-to-face conversation.
The line went doen when it went to McCain
Yeah the lines just went down when McCain started talking about POW stuff.
Obama FTW!
Btw, there’s that pow card for whoever said he didn’t above haha
And it doesn’t look like McCain’s frequent references to his POW status helped him. I’m actually surprised by that.
And that’s game. It was close for a bit, but Obama came back to score the winning touchdowns/goals/whatever in then end.
Well. It’s done.
I was worried Blitzer was going to make a Wife Swap joke.
@James: ‘Coz he’s WAY overplayed it.
it made me sad. lol
James: Dane McCain… ouch my brain, haha. Ohhh dear I didn’t even mean to rhyme that, how cheesy.
@Dennis: yeah, sometimes it works. I really appreciated hearing his story at the RNC. But he can’t plausibly keep invoking it for everything.
yeah that was pretty bad
I don’t watch much CNN… Is the post-debate probably going to be worth watching?
@Sally: Any part in particular?
yeah i think theyre usually pretty interesting
@Dennis: Depends on their pundits. If they don’t have David Gergin, I don’t usually like to watch. But I see him there, so I’ll keep watching.
Oh, and I truly believe that John King should have his license to talk revoked. If he’s not standing in front of his election map, he has nothing useful to say.
I guess I reserve my vitriol for the pundits instead of the candidates…
@James: Yeah, he’s talking right now.
Not unless you want to be mindf*cked and listen to a bunch of ego maniacal journalists talk over each other?
i dom’t know its just terrible how americans can be so bitterly polar on so many issues when were all americans. no one seems willing to work 2gether
@Jessica: Care to invoke the spirit of Dane Cook? How would he score the debate?
@Sally: What most disappoints me is when they both actually agree but try to make it look otherwise.
yeah its like their only doing it to get their voters
I think he’d avoid using the words “defining moment” for one…
He’d most likely focus on mocking the trivial, but on the whole I’d peg him as an Obama guy.
@Dennis: Yeah, my boy Gergen says it like it is. Even when I don’t like what he has to say, I still usually agree that he’s right.
we’re not gong to be able to get anything done in this country unless people are willing to sacrifice.. but nobody wants to hear that
Oh God, they have scorecards…
Wow… Did Bennett just give McCain credit for knowing the NAMES of the places he’s BEEN? OK, no more mics for anyone but Gergen. And Cooper.
@Sally: Everyone is willing to make sacrifices… of other people’s time, money, etc.
Hell, the way this is going they should add Nina Garcia, Michael Kors, and Heidi Klum to the mix. They have scorecards, too.
yeah, sadly thats just how many americans are these days
I’m off… have a great night everyone.
Goodnight everyone! It was fun chatting with all of you.
It’s been fun! God luck and good bless everyone!
@Jessica: you too!
I just don’t understand why my age group is so uninterested in politics (18-24)–especially now!
anyway goodnight and God bless!
I agree Derrick, McCain keeps on talking about the same thing and also the past. Ronald Reagan, president Nixon and Henry Kinsenger…
Did James leave?
@Larry: I tried but failed.
I still wish CNN would run the integrals on those audience reaction bars…
Failed what?
Goodknight lines, bars the red and blue.
‘night Shawn. Larry: I failed at logging off!