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Biden Says McCain Suffered "Fatal" Loss in Debate

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September 27, 2008 9:08 AM

ABC News' Matthew Jaffe Reports: Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden accused Sen. John McCain on Friday of suffering a "fatal" loss in the first presidential debate against Sen. Barack Obama earlier in the evening in Oxford, Mississippi.

"I think John was on his strongest turf today and he lost," Biden, D-Del., told CNN's Wolf Blitzer. "And I think it's gonna be fatal."

"Hey look, who was right and who was wrong?" Biden asked. "John McCain was dead wrong on the war. John McCain's been dead wrong in Afghanistan. John McCain's been dead wrong in his judgment supporting Bush's shredding national regulations to control Wall Street."

"A good night for my team" was how the senator summed up the Ole Miss showdown to MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, in another of many post-debate interviews Biden conducted from his Milwaukee hotel.

Biden also claimed Obama had used the foreign policy-focused debate to put to rest any doubts about if he was prepared for the presidency.

"Barack Obama passed the Commander-in-Chief test tonight. I think this is over in terms of that issue," he continued. "I think John was on his strongest turf and he argued about the past - he had no suggestions about the future."

Looking ahead to his own debate next week with McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Biden said he would like to hear his GOP counterpart echo the statements that McCain made at Friday's much-anticipated Mississippi meeting.

"I hope that she makes the same arguments that John McCain made," Biden said to FOX News' Chris Wallace.

But the long-time Delaware lawmaker cautioned that he would not be "condescending" towards Palin the way he believed McCain had been towards Obama in Oxford.

"Are you going to have trouble not being condescending to her and pointing out that you've been to all these places and she hasn't?" Wallace asked Biden.

"No, no, no," said the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations committee. "I'm not going to do what John did."

The two vice presidential nominees face off in their one and only debate Thursday at Washington University in St. Louis. Preceding the debate, Biden will campaign alongside Obama this weekend in North Carolina, Virginia, and Michigan.

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No one care what Biden says except Biden.

Biden/Obama = Liar/Liar the sequel.

Lets talk about "fatal". How about taking 9000 votes and making them your running mate while passing up 18,000,000 votes....wait, fatal and stupid! Dumb and Dumber = Barack and Michelle, ego trumped common sense; how typical. They should have been rappers intsead of politcians

Posted by: MikeW | Sep 27, 2008 9:18:18 AM

Come on Joe. Get real.

I thought both McCain and Obama did fairly well last night although I disagree with the majority of what both of them said.

Palin has been very poor recently and I'm afraid she was brought to a scene that she wasn't perpared for yet, even though I think she has been very unfairly treated. She is basically irrelevant at this point, but the more Joe speaks, the more irrelevant he is becoming às well.

Posted by: ClassicalLiberal | Sep 27, 2008 9:19:27 AM

Biden, you're delusional.

your boy Obama looked like a desperately angry, gay halloween monster. Not presidential at all.

McCain was calm, knowledgeable, presidential.

Posted by: Mary | Sep 27, 2008 9:20:11 AM

Posted by: MikeW | Sep 27, 2008 9:18:18 AM
Barack and Michelle, ego trumped common sense; how typical. They should have been rappers intsead of politcians

Mike W,

Your ignorance and Klan sheets are showing. Maybe you should have been a rapper since nobody ever heard of you before and you seem to be an obvious loser. Oh, by the way..this is how you spell instead.

Posted by: Roderick P | Sep 27, 2008 9:25:40 AM

Obama the magic negro is going to prison.

Posted by: Rezko | Sep 27, 2008 9:29:07 AM

Drudge says McCain won.

Posted by: Jbaby | Sep 27, 2008 9:30:12 AM

lol mary

probably the most idiotic attack i have ever seen on these boards, and these boards are pretty silly sometimes....

halloween monster?

i mean waht? lol...


do you really think obama looked desperate? because tahts not exactly what ive been hearing...

if anything mccain looked a little asleep at hte beginning. later on mccain came alive, but was so condescending by not engaging his opponent...

this is a debate... you engage each other. especially this kind of debate where the candidates were to engage each other in back n forths

Posted by: Bhrandon | Sep 27, 2008 9:30:42 AM

McCain looked and acted like an angry old man during this debate.. For this to be his field of expertise, really didn't show.. Obama was very relaxed and presidential and McCain just angry..

Posted by: dvine | Sep 27, 2008 9:32:00 AM

McCain definetly won. He came across as calm, mature and presidential. Obama looked nervous and angry, and like he was at a college debate. Definetely non-presidential.

Posted by: . | Sep 27, 2008 9:33:09 AM

Where was Sarah Palin to speak on the debate outcome ? She was at a barbeque debate party as per Pawlenty..

CBS News: Obama won 39%, McCain won 25%, Draw 36%

Insider Advantage: Obama won 42%, McCain won 41%, Undecided: 17%

CNN: Obama "did better" 51%, McCain "did better" 38

Posted by: james | Sep 27, 2008 9:33:30 AM

Be careful Obama camp of not overplaying your hand.

Posted by: Dem and Obama supporter | Sep 27, 2008 9:35:17 AM

Results from actual registered not commited voters sway more to Obama

CBS News: Obama won 39%, McCain won 25%, Draw 36%

Insider Advantage: Obama won 42%, McCain won 41%, Undecided: 17%

CNN: Obama "did better" 51%, McCain "did better" 38

Posted by: james | Sep 27, 2008 9:35:42 AM

Lol Mary, your right. That's exactly what I was thinking when I was watching the debate.

Posted by: . | Sep 27, 2008 9:35:58 AM

Obama / Biden, you got my Vote.. Grumpy old man is a relic of the past!

Obama / Biden the next Pres & VP

Posted by: dvine | Sep 27, 2008 9:36:03 AM

mccain, do you prefer boxers or briefs?

mccain: Depends

Posted by: pt | Sep 27, 2008 9:36:52 AM

John McCain proved that he is not the so called foreign policy expert. Obama beat him to his own game. The surge arguement he used during the republican primary debate did not sway undecided voters...

Posted by: james | Sep 27, 2008 9:37:34 AM

The Chicago Tribune, in Obama's own state,which originally supported Obama, says McCain won. He is being deserted by all his original backers now that they see and find out what he really is...not qualified for the highest office,

Posted by: jeanned'arc | Sep 27, 2008 9:38:02 AM

mccain should pick out one of his 9 houses are retire quietly after November. He looked very OLD & TIRED last night.

Posted by: pt | Sep 27, 2008 9:38:37 AM

McCain won, he managed to frustrate Obama and it showed, he shook him. In fact it was almost funny to watch, considering we hear so much from the press about McCain's temper. Obama can sometimes be an eloquent speaker, but he sounded like he was reading from a book, there was no first hand knowledge. When Obama didn't know something he completely turns it around to something else, ie, Russia invading Georgia ends up with a speech about alternative fuel. Obama isn't qualified to POTUS.

Posted by: samhiguchi | Sep 27, 2008 9:39:23 AM

McCain absolutely did not come across as "calm". Not sure what you were watching... He was too condescending in my opinion. Treated Ron Paul the same way...

Posted by: 1percenter | Sep 27, 2008 9:39:38 AM

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