Highlights: Obama vs Hillary Texas Debate

Just wanted to point out a few of what I thought were the memorable moments of the debate:

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The first 45 minutes consisted of constant agreement of repeated answers by both candidates which my mother would later call, “a lovefest.”

Obama sent a strong continuation of his “change message” with vivid verbage saying, “There isn’t a lack of good ideas…” and says the problem is that, “Washington is a place where good ideas go to die.”

Asked whether or not they would meet with Raul Castro, who will take over in Cuba after his brother Fidel stepped down, Clinton said only after a move in the right direction took place. Obama said he would meet without any preconditions but not without preperation. The two then gently passed around the word “preparation” for what seemed like eternity.

A big topic in Texas, immigration reform, seemed to be met with the answer by Obam who put his trademarked speech giving skills to good use when summing up: “We are a nation of laws and we are a nation of immigrants. We can reconcile the two.”

The debate then took a change of course when the questions became extremely pointed regarding the recent allegations being slung between the Obama and Clinton campaigns. The main question seemed to be on the Obama plagiarism charge which Obama largely shrugged off as “silly season” in politics that was simply negative campaigning. He laughed it off and the audience laughed it off with him.

That put Hillary in a precarious position, looking like a foolish child who was screaming, “But mommy… it’s not fair!” She was able to somewhat restore her credibility with a line that Obama could probably respect for it’s creativity saying his stolen words, “isn’t change you can believe in it is change you can xerox.”

Ouch…

Nice comeback, but Hillary didn’t seem to have enough umph in her punches throughout the night to overcome the tone, confidence, wits and logic of Obama. His momentum is mounting. She needed some type of material that would be able to deliver a knock down of some sorts but came up way short.

The debate was even and Hillary needed a win. Game over?

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