Now that the third and final debate between Obama and McCain is over, people have had the chance to look over the events of the day and determine who the winner was.
Like many of the country's major news organizations, local media outlets and political activists, i too was at Hofstra University from 8 am until late in the evening on the day of the debate. To be completely honest, i am merely a college student who, up until very recently, didnt know or care about politics. Yet, due to my proximity to the event, i have developed my own analysis of the event.
Before i get to who i feel the winner was i just want to say for all of you ESPN fans out there, i met Kenny Mayne at the event. He was reporting for the upcoming edition of The Mayne Event and we spoke for about 30 minutes throughout the course of the day. AWESOME.
Me and Kenny Mayne at the debate. Picture taken by Adam Peck.
Both candidates did well. The questions were nicely geared to both address the major issues, like the economy, energy, health care and education, and to allow the candidates to take some jabs at each other's past and personal history. In the end, i truly believe that the real winner of the debate was not one of the two presidential nominees, but rather Hofstra University and its students.
MSNBC hosted its Hardball with Chris Matthews show live from the university (just as a small side note, i was standing in the crowd during the 5-6pm broadcast and was shown on tv for about 30 seconds. it was pretty sweeeet!). WNYC hosted its Brian Lehrer Show from the college. CNN brough its "Election EXPRESS Yourself" tour to the school. And the list goes on...
CNN setup at Hofstra. Picture taken by Adam Peck.
The beautiful thing about these events was that each one of them generated participation and activity among the students. in order to breed a next generation that is politically aware of what's transpiring in our country, events like this debate need to generate excitement among young adults. once the day began, you couldnt walk anywhere around campus without seeing students waving signs, wearing costumes and handing out fliers!
On Oct. 15th, 2008 Hofstra was the center of the political world and its students, many of whom were not political science majors or history majors, came out to express their views and opinions on the election. So id like to extend a congrats to Hofstra and its students for emerging victorious in the third and final debate of the 2008 presidential race.
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