Presidential campaign teams notoriously seek to spin debate performances, especially the first in a series, where momentum is seen as especially important, into "wins" for their respective candidates and the aftermath of last night's Oxford, Mississippi is no exception.

What is observable, however, from the McCain forces is the level of apparent frustration along with lack of imagination for the nature and shape of their post-debate strategy.  In a new ad released following the debate the spin was to capitalize on how many times Barack Obama used the word "agree" in references to points discussed in the debate.

Considering that McCain had at one time sought to postpone Friday's encounter because  America faced a financial meltdown crisis, the strategy appears all the more absurd along with contradictory.

It appears that the McCain strategists feels that this is the best they can do, which reveals how truly lamentable the candidacy of the Arizonan is at this juncture.  If it is so important to rush back to Washington to meet regarding the crisis and political partisanship has become temporarily irrelevant, then wasn't Obama reflecting that spirit?