Media Matters: Norah O'Donnell aired cropped "John is right" clips,

[Joanne98]

Summary: On MSNBC, Norah O'Donnell aired a montage of what she described as "the multiple times that Barack Obama said 'John is right' " during the first presidential debate. Following the montage, O'Donnell commented, "I thought this was a debate." In fact, in nearly all instances, Obama was actually criticizing McCain after first noting a point of agreement on the topic Obama was discussing.

http://mediamatters.org/items/200809270010?f=h_latest

[notadmblnd]

1. When I saw Barack say that repeatedly, I thought it would hurt him.

this Democrats must take the high road, we must show people "we are better than that" attitude hurts us terribly. I think it portrays us as weak. Certainly, it is important to take the high road for most issues, but not when the other side is playing dirty in an election. I know Obama can't come across as an angry black man cause he'll scare all the white people, but to agree with your opponent repeatedly? I have to say that if I was one of those undecided votes, I would be thinking, well if McCain is so right, then why shouldn't I vote for the guy? What am I missing?

[dansolo]

2. The polls indicate just the opposite

Obama won the undecided voters overwhelmingly. People are looking for the end of partisanship.

[GCP]

3. He was demonstrating the ability to hold more than one thought in his head at once

Being able to see where an opponent may have something right is a precious commodity for a leader. He can take the best things from several different viewpoints and arrive at a well-thought out conclusion.
He demonstrated great maturity and leadership IMHO.

[stillcool]

4. The dumbed down approach ..

to politics is advocated by so many. Perhaps it is what we are used to. You would think we wanted to see a dog fight rather than a Presidential Debate. Fortunately it appears that many of us Americans are not nearly as stupid as some people would have us believe.