James Fallows (September 26, 2008) - The only thing I will say about the debate in real time (Politics)
Unless it happened when I glanced away, up until this moment, 77 minutes into the 90-minute debate, John McCain has not once looked at Obama -- while listening to him, while addressing him, while disagreeing with him, while finding moments of accord. This is distinctly strange -- if anyone else notices. Obama is acting as if this is a conversation which the commission & the moderator said they were intending the set-up to encourage; McCain, as if he cannot acknowledge the other party in the discussion.