Okay, that's interesting

[gerisullivan]

I watched/listened the debate online, and only tuned into the CNN "Audience Reaction" meter for the last two questions. In the last question, when Obama started talking about his personal background, Independent reactions immediately went up and stayed there until he moved onto more general remarks. When McCain did the same thing in his response, Independent reactions immediately went down and stayed down, going back up only when he moved back to talking about the country rather than himself.

Now I wish I'd watched the reaction meter throughout the entire debate. Except that those 3 pages of layout would still be awaiting my attention if I had, and I could little afford that.

I'm interested in what people who watched the Audience Reaction meter noticed about what it showed -- comments and links welcome.

Comments

[debgeisler.livejournal.com]

It looks like McCain viewed the audience as little more than window dressing (which they probably were, but it's a bad idea to be seen acting like that). His non-verbals throughout the debate show marked disdain and lack of respect/courtesy for his opponent, Obama -- walking around while Obama was speaking, the "that one" which is rapidly moving into the stuff of legend. A number of the debate reactions I've seen from the general viewing public characterize his "my friends" as condescending, rather than warm.

[smofbabe.livejournal.com]

So far, looks like the "that one" comment is the headline and sound bite from the debate, as close to a gaffe as occurred.