Last night's Presidential Debate was once again a contrast in both style and substance. Sen. Barack Obama offered specifics time and again on how he would repair our economy and reestablish America's role in the global community. Sen. John McCain offered one new plan (spend another $300 billion to buy bad mortgages -- did I HEAR that right?!) and assorted other generalities, telling us yet again that he knows exactly how to catch Osama bin-Laden but leaving me to wonder why he didn't do it LAST WEEK since he knows EXACTLY HOW to do it.

On the question of style, Sen. Obama again presented himself as a calming force while Sen. McCain's worst moment had to be the fit of pique that compelled him to point at Sen. Obama and snarl "THAT ONE!" In case you forgot, Sen. McCain, the senator from Illinois does have a name and it's good manners to use it when addressing him.

As I go door-to-door here in Pennsylvania on behalf of Sen. Obama's campaign, an increasing number voters are tellling me that they are tired of the personal attacks and sniping between campaigns. If John McCain is unwilling to discuss the issues with the specifics that the American people deserve, he may as well go back to the ranch in Sedona.