Well, that's that.  Round three.  No knock outs from either side, but if you ask me, I'd say McCain is looking a little unsteady on his feet.

Let's get this out of the way first:  overhead projector and planetarium projector.  After all that's been said about this from the last debate, McCain said last night:

While we were working to eliminate these pork barrel earmarks he (Senator Obama) voted for nearly $1 billion in pork barrel earmark projects. Including $3 million for an overhead projector at a planetarium in Chicago, Illinois. My friends, do we need to spend that kind of money?

I am suppose to be trusting this guy with his finger on THE button?  OK, I got that off my chest.

What was very apparent last night was the difference in demeanor between the two.  McCain was again speaking "high" and just about sputtering when he'd say something bad about Obama.  Barack would respond with a nice, even, tone of voice countering whatever John had just said...and then follow up with a counter statement.  The biggest difference, though, was in the use of personal pronouns.

John was always "I will this" and "I will that".  Barack, on the other hand, was "Your home" and "Your taxes".  He was making the debate sit in the home of his listeners while John was all about himself.  Any salesman will tell you that you talk about the customer first and foremost! 

The other thing was the way Barack looked the audience in the eye and said "the plan will contain X, Y, and Z".  It was clean, it was concise.   People don't want mavericks, they want solutions, and Barack was giving them just that.

MSNBC's poll has Obama at 81% to McCain's 17%.  What can I do but concur?