2nd Presidential Debate Preview

The second debate will be held Tuesday night at 9PM in a town hall format at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Obama could wind up being nervous and stiff. McCain almost always is relatively smooth and could come off better. But I don't think that is how it is going to play out.

If the candidates move around and walk into the audience, then the age, height and physical differences between the two of them will be obvious and will make it difficult for John McCain to get the upper hand in the debate.

Expect John McCain to attack Barack Obama several times and try to keep him off guard. With such a large audience an attack could have some instant impact. The problem with attacking in a planned event is that the other side may be able to effectively prepare to counter the attacks. If a lot of people see a good response, it may effectively deflate the ability of that issue to gain any traction for him.

Our prep on the 2nd Presidential Debate wouldn't be complete without the SNL review of the Vice-Presidential Debate: