That was an interesting debate, and the "town hall" format didn't seem to favor McCain at all, despite what the pundits kept saying. I thought McCain looked small and old every time he walked around and got close to the audience.
One interesting thing though was that it almost felt like the tables have turned since early in the campaign, and even since 3-4 weeks ago. I thought McCain had to work extra hard to appear like the calm and steady hand, and as a result he was constrained by going out on a limb and being too hawkish or attacking Obama.
I don't think this was because of any special jujitsu performed by the Obama camp, but was a direct result of the erratic decision making and stunts that McCain has tried to pull throughout this campaign. It's good to see that the chickens are coming home to roost - I guess there are some advantages to having a loooong campaign season after all!
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I didn't particularly like the format for a couple of reasons.
The candidates were not allowed to follow up.
All that the people in the audience did was to ask the question. I would have liked more involvement with maybe a follow up question or two. Tom Brokaw could have just as easily asked the question.
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