Nightline (ABC) - 2008-10-07
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[0:05] Tonight on Night Line round two, Barack
[0:08] Obama and John McCain clash over an
[0:11] economy in crisis. We're live in
[0:13] Nashville at the end of a critical
[0:15] debate on the road to the White House.
[0:17] Gloves off. John McCain gets tough and
[0:20] Barack Obama hits back. But who came out
[0:22] on top? And game changer. Did McCain do
[0:26] enough to put a stop to Obama's surging
[0:29] campaign? George Stephanopoulos is back
[0:31] to tell us who won and who lost in the
[0:34] Night Line Report Code
[0:36] from the global resources of ABC News
[0:39] with Martin Basher and Cynthia McFaden
[0:42] in New York City and Terry Moran at the
[0:44] presidential debate in Nashville,
[0:46] Tennessee. This is Night Line, October
[0:50] 7th, 2008.
[0:53] >> Good evening everyone. I'm Terry Moran
[0:54] and the second presidential debate in
[0:56] this campaign is now history. And you
[0:58] know, for all the sound and fury out
[1:00] there on the campaign trail these days,
[1:02] this this was a pretty subdued affair.
[1:04] There were not a lot of fireworks here
[1:06] tonight. The candidates played it safe.
[1:09] And that meant no real exchanges, no
[1:11] real depth, and a lot of talking points.
[1:14] The town hall format here, it seemed to
[1:16] have both Barack Obama and John McCain
[1:18] on their best behavior. But there was a
[1:21] lot on the line here nevertheless,
[1:23] especially for John McCain. Polls show
[1:25] Obama steadily surging nationwide and in
[1:28] many of the crucial battleground states.
[1:30] And so for McCain, the big question here
[1:33] was could he turn it around?
[1:36] >> Senator Barack Obama of Illinois and
[1:39] Senator John McCain of Arizona.
[1:41] Gentlemen,
[1:42] >> for this debate, a different for