The blog I am following is the Caucus, the New York Times political blog.  The new article posted was about the debate that occurred last night between the two presidential candidates. The blog talks about the fireworks that are occurring in this campaign and how it is like no other.  The Time's reporter, Jim Rutenberg, talks about how McCain showed a lot of anger and was so determined to hit all of his points.  He talks about how McCain really needed a miracle in this debate to bring his ratings up and he says that he really did not get one.  Although the article was not written in a negative tone towards McCain, it definitely spoke of his weaknesses.  It also talks about how Obama was very placid and took the insults from McCain very well with barely any remarks back at him.  The Washington Post’s Dan Balz notes that the debate “may have been McCain’s strongest performance of the three,” but even under withering criticism, Mr. Obama “did not lose his cool.”  I really liked reading this blog because I actually did watch the debate last night and had comments of my home.  I was surprised that I as well noticed that McCain was trying to make Obama not look so great while not really focusing as much on his goals and ideals.  I found an article in the New York Times that really relates closely to this blog, "Candidates Clash Over Character and Policy."  At the end of the blog it tells where McCain, Palin, Obama, and Biden will be in the next few days and I also really liked to read that.  It says where there rallies are to be held and when.  Overall, I really enjoyed this blog and loved how I could compare with it because I had some of the same thoughts on the debate.

Here is a video of the Presidential Debate that took place on October 15, 2008.  I thought this might be useful if you did not watch it on television to understand where the author of this blog is coming from.

The Caucus

1. The blog I followed was posted on the Caucus, NY Times.  The Blog is named Palin on Abortion and Gays. This blog talks about Palin and her views on mostly abortion, speaking a little about gays too.  Palin strongly supports pro-life and she shows this with keeping her baby Trig and having her 17 year old daughter not abort her baby.  The thing this blog focuses on the most is the fact that Palin was very fuzzy on the topic of abortion while being interviewed by Katie Couric.

2. This professional blog differs a lot from the blog I read about Jamie Lynn Spears.  This blog is written in a different manner and is not just gossip.  Since it is about the presidential campaign, many more people read it and comment on it too.  This blog was very interesting and made me think a little differently on Palin after reading it.

3. The interview between CBS' newscaster, Katie Couric and Palin about abortion was the biggest issue presented in this blog. It was presented by actually showing the interview in text.  Katie Couric asks Palin the question, "If a 15-year-old is raped by her father, do you believe it should be illegal for her to get an abortion, and why?" While trying to answering this question, Palin does not completely state an answer.  She keeps mentioning how she is Pro-life but she does not give a clear cut answer.  I think that if she wants to stand behind her ground and say that she is Pro-life she should be clear with her answers and say that.  If there are ifs and buts then she needs to restate her thoughts and say she is Pro-choice.  I did not like how she was fuzzy about this issue because this is a very important issue and effects women everyday.