All he had to say was that there are lots of things in every bill, some good and some bad, and if the good things in the bill outweigh the bad you vote it.

But instead he accuses the reporter of being in the tank for McCain?

The pitch wasn’t at your head, Senator. It wasn’t even a fastball.

Calculated, I say. Not well played, but calculated to plant the idea that the press is not on his side.

I watched the exchanged interested to see where Obama lost his cool with the questioning. Ralston certainly went after him, but I thought that Obama handled it well. There was some levity, decent give-and-take, and at the end both Obama and Raslton seemed to have enjoyed the exchange and no one seemed to leave mad.

Respectfully, I just didn’t see Obama “lashing out”. He was tough with someone that was coming at him pretty hard.

Funny to remember Obama’s “Just Words” quote. Another example of BO trying to use “words” to get out of yet another jam. If “words” is another phallic symbol, BO would be blind by now since he plays with it so much.

I mean, legally or are they sort of traditional? I know he’d never get elected without doing a debate, but the Obama camp must be dreading that day like I used to dread going back to school in the fall. I am sure that if there is any way to weasle out of it, they will try.

We keep hearing about his “judgment” which presumably is supposed to prove his “leadership” skills. But in here he expresses a LACK of leadership when he says that he’ll just let the gang of 10 tell him what to do.

… in the interview he states that the Yucca mountain project is inadaquate but that he will need to form a commitee to determine just exactly what is a safe way to dispose of nuclear waste.

If he, at this moment, doesn’t know what is safe, how does he know Yucca mountain isn’t the right answer?

I would actually prefer this style of questioning to every candidate running for office.

We need more debate on issues than just talking points and softball questions.

expected a pitbull, and are three weeks away from nonimating a poodle. Always seems to work out that way, huh?

I live in Las Vegas and have watched and read Mr. Ralston for years. While he tends to lean towards the left in his viewpoints, he doesn’t pull punches and always asks the tough questions.

Regarding Obama’s comments about Yucca Mountain, what I find ironic in today’s discussion is that the Democrats have tried to pin this on the Republicans, but they conveniently suffer from amnesia. For when the so-called Screw Nevada Bill was passed designating Yucca Mountain as the sole site for consideration, the Democrats controlled both the House and the Senate. It was Senator Bennett Johnston (D-Louisiana) who coined the phrase Screw Nevada Bill when this legislation was passed in 1987

Obama namecalling a reporter a “proxy” for his rival because the reporter asked a question about a matter his opponent has challenged him on? Is Obama still on crack? McCain gets actual Obama surrogates among the press pestering him all the time but responds with class.

And Mr. Obama, that’s a legitimate question