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Graham Tait and Sean Silver watched and commented on the final presidential debates on Wednesday, Oct. 15.  The two SUNY Albany seniors were not quite satisfied with the results of the debate, stating that it “did not clarify” the issues that each party commented on, according to Silver.

Neither student had seen any of the other debates and was not informed on where either Barak Obama or John McCain stood on any of the issue. After viewing the 90-minute long debate neither Silver nor Tait was convinced by either party. “Neither party made any points that were convincing to me,” Silver said “they are both just focusing too much on this 'Joe the plumber' guy and not getting to the point of their discussion.”

Graham Tait saw the inclusion of 'Joe the plumber' as a helpful medium that the candidates used to get their points across, but still thought that he was over used. “If they spent more time explaining their views on certain policies, instead of just mentioning this 'Joe the plumber' person, they would be getting more decisive votes come November.”

When asked what the most interesting question, Silver replied “the last one,” stating that he was not too fond of the debates, because “none of the things stated here will be taken care of by the end of the president’s term anyway.”

“I’m also not too much of a fan of the debates,” said Tait “they only set up an idealistic view of the individuals who end up doing nothing when they are in office.”

Silver ended his comments stating that “I am still going to vote republican because it is traditional.” When asked why he stated that, “it has nothing to do with this debate, because McCain did not do anything to sway my opinion. I am doing this out of tradition.”
“I am still undecided, even though I think that the Democratic Party is due for reelection,” said Tait “the republicans have been in office, not doing anything to improve the country for a long time.” The two SUNY Albany students agreed that this election is an important one and that it is necessary for people to vote, but say that each party leader, Obama and McCain were not doing a good enough job at making a good point to the public for why each of them should be elected president. 

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