Watched the debate to night as the only McCain supporter in a room of 8 gay and 2 straight Obama supporters.  Everybody was bored about an hour into it.  We all agreed that the candidates positions didn’t seem all that different.  The Obama supporters agreed that he did as well or worse than they expected.   I thought McCain did better than I expected.  He never mentioned the effort of Republicans in 2003 to reform Fannie and Freddie that the Democrats blocked.  That would have been a point scored.

The low point was the battle of the bracelets.  We all wanted Tim Gunn to appear and say “Make it work!”

Following the debate,  we had a civil discussion about political positions and different views of the world.  It was surprisingly pleasant.

Winner?  Neither candidate won and neither lost.  I’d call it a draw.