the sneering and eye-rolling
In Debate No. 1, you could put the volume on mute and see what has
proved to be the lasting impressions of both candidates start to firm
up. In Debate No. 2, McCain set the concrete: he re-enacted the
troubling psychological cartography of his campaign “suspension” by
wandering around the stage like a half-dotty uncle vainly trying to
flee his caregiver. After the sneering and eye-rolling of McCain’s
“best” debate on Wednesday, CNN’s poll found the ever-serene Obama swamping him on “likeability,” 70 to 22 percent.
(Frank Rich, in the NYTimes, 10/19/08)
