Reinforcement: McCain Will Clobber Obama in a Townhall-style Debate

A lot has been written on this site and elsewhere about John McCain's purported advantage over Barack Obama in a Townhall-style debate in which the questions would not be pre-prepared.  Well, I just stumbled upon three YouTube videos that reinforce this belief, demonstrating why the Obama people are so hesitant to schedule such meetings.  These videos absolutely convince me that McCain will outright clobber Obama in such a setting.

First, Obama speaks as to the cost of...well, something, but you can't really deduce what it is from his speech:

On this one, it appears that he's trying to speak about health care in America.

And finally, here's Obama from back in March speaking on sex education.  I'm not a parent, but for all of you who are, I'm sure you would love to have Obama be the one to give them the birds and the bees talk after seeing this:

If there's one thing that I'm sure of after watching these, it's that I can't wait to see McCain and Obama debate substantive issues on television.  This reminds me of Santorum vs. Casey in 2006 -- when Bobby Casey knew he would be seriously outgunned in debates, so he ducked and hid from almost every single one.  Let's hope that Obama doesn't end up being able to doing the same, because if he continues to perform like this sans teleprompter, one thing is certain:  John McCain will benefit from every single debate.

Aaron Marks is a founding partner of Three Group, LLC, a Pittsburgh-based new media firm that focuses on providing technology-based solutions for Republican candidates and organizations, and in particular has built Web 2.0 campaign management software called Mission Control.  Aaron also worked in new media and voter outreach on Senator Rick Santorum's 2006 re-election campaign.