Barack Obama is super slick when delivering prepared speeches, but his off-the-cuff remarks leave a lot to be desired. Take for instance his awkward comments shortly after Russia invaded Georgia. He was certainly less than awe-inspiring. Later he flopped a bit, and delivered another statement that sounded more like a father reprimanding his children than the would-be leader of the free world.

Saturday, Obama was like a fish out of water at Saddleback. He evaded answering even the simplest of questions and it is widely agreed that John McCain wiped the floor with Obama. McCain was at his best, and his only gaffe (if you believe the left) is when he jokingly said $5 million is middle class.

McCain clearly won that round, hands down. There is no question about it and Obama and his campaign can’t stand it. The “One” has been shown to be merely mortal, who isn’t so adroit without a teleprompter and a gaggle of adoring fans. So now they are accusing John McCain of cheating by listening in on Obama’s quetions. How else could he have been so prepared?

It hasn’t crossed their minds that maybe, just maybe, Saddleback was the sort of venue where John McCain is comfortable and at ease, where he is the most “himself”. Obama should just come out and say what he really means: “Beware John McCain, he’s comfortable at church.”

Barack Obama defines for Rick Warren what it means to be  “rich” in America. He said that the middle class goes up to $150k a year and those who earn more than $250k are rich. What about those people who earn between $150K and $250?

Barack Obama knows it’s politically safe to say he’ll only raise taxes on those earning more than $250k per year, since your average American earns no where near that much money. But with Obama, how do we know he won’t flip on this issue, too? He’ll have no choice. Once his marxist policies go into effect the economy will suffer, tax revenues will decrease and he’ll need to increase taxes across the board to pay for his utopian promises.

I missed the Saddleback debate between John McCain and Barack Obama. My friends over at American Sentinel summed it up quite nicely. It sounds like McCain hit a grand slam while Obama was just more of the same.