The Debates...and more.

1. The first thing I think that John McCain's suspended campaign has been proven to be simply a stunt. He still ran ads. He still did interviews, and he still showed up at the debate.

2. Now on to the debate. I don't think that it was a knockout by either candidate. I was surprised that McCain held his own, which after watching his speeches I wondered if he could. Obama did what he needed to do and proved that he is less versed in foreign policy. So who won. If you're a Republican you think McCain won. If you're a democrat you think Obama won. I think both of them got their points across. It comes down to who you agree with. I think Obama's policies are the better way for are country to go, so he won in my eyes. I do think that McCain's constantly focusing on earmarks is ridiculous. It is such a small portion of the overall budget. It isn't even 5% of the budget. Getting rid of 18 billion dollars isn't going to bring enough money into our economy to make an impact. In closing I felt McCain was a little disrespectful at times saying that Obama didn't understand or was naive. From a supporter of Obama's campaign I think it will help Obama that he was able to stand toe-to-toe with McCain on foreign policy. Since that was supposed to be McCain's strong point, I felt that it can only help Obama. At the very least I don't think it's going to decrease his lead. The economy is supposed to be Obama's strongest point, so we'll see if McCain can do the same thing that Obama did.

3. Finally here is something not political. For years I have heard how great of a coach Pete Carroll is. People talk about his great teams, and that USC is always in the national title hunt. USC always has a lot of talent, which means Pete Carroll is a good recruiter. But when every year when you have the most talented team and lose to a team you're supposed to crush, it's coaching that's the problem. He simply is not getting his players ready to play against the lesser competition. Great coaches can get great teams to perform night in night out, like Phil Jackson did as a basketball coach.