GRANPA McCAIN LOSES LAST DEBATE, NOW 0-FOR-3

This was a chance for McCain to regain the momentum and all he could do was mimic talk radio BS. The insta-polls showed that this strategy failed -

Poll: Debate watchers say Obama wins
10/15/2008
HEMPSTEAD, New York (CNN) -- A majority of debate watchers think Sen. Barack Obama won the third and final presidential debate, according to a national poll conducted right afterward.

Fifty-eight percent of debate watchers questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll said Democratic candidate Obama did the best job in the debate, with 31 percent saying Republican Sen. John McCain performed best.

The poll also suggests that debate watchers' favorable opinion of Obama rose slightly during the debate, from 63 percent at the start to 66 percent at the end. The poll indicates that McCain's favorables dropped slightly, from 51 percent to 49 percent.

The uncommitteds also think Obama won -

CBS Poll: Uncommitted Voters Say Obama Won Final Debate
Posted by Brian Montopoli
October 15, 2008, 10:27 PM

Fifty-three percent of the uncommitted voters surveyed identified Democratic nominee Barack Obama as the winner of tonight's debate. Twenty-two percent said Republican rival John McCain won. Twenty-five percent saw the debate as a draw.

The AP thinks McCain did better than before but that wasn't enough -

Analysis: McCain puts Obama on the defensive
Oct 15 11:01 PM US/Eastern
By LIZ SIDOTI
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - This time, John McCain kept Barack Obama on the defensive.
The feisty Republican tried hard to find a lifeline Wednesday night, challenging his Democratic rival at every turn over his truthfulness, associations and record.

By that measure, McCain won the last debate of the 2008 campaign.

But that may not be enough.The debate said a lot about both candidates. McCain did better Wednesday than ever before but, even as he took punches, Obama succeeded in appearing presidential.

Even the professional wingnuts seem to think Obama won -

Debate III: Edgy McCain sheds no new light
By JOHN F. HARRIS & JIM VANDEHEI 10/16/08 12:32 AM EDT
The Politico

Commentators such as Charles Krauthammer, who has written devastating critiques of Obama, said on Fox News that Obama won the encounter with a poised and mistake-free performance. Fox anchor Brit Hume said some of McCain’s mannerisms were “peculiar.”