10:20 PM … I think McCain was just about to say, a tiny country in a tiny part of the world.
10:24 PM … I think Tom Brokaw just won the contest for most positively stupid question of the evening.
10:32 PM … Very strong conclusion by Obama. I think he served himself very well with that. Through the debate his answers have been more coherent; he’s connected them better to ordinary concerns.
10:34 PM … Really don’t know if this ‘steady hand at the tiller’ line is a winner for McCain.
10:34 PM … Okay, I’ll give Brokaw that one. He ended on a funny line.