Fallacies

In the beginning of the first question, Obama used circular reasoning, when he repeats part of the question in his answer "And a lot of you I think are worried about your jobs, your pensions, your retirement accounts, your ability to send your child or your grandchild to college."

"And I believe this is a final verdict on the failed economic policies of the last eight years, strongly promoted by President Bush and supported by Sen. McCain, that essentially said that we should strip away regulations, consumer protections, let the market run wild, and prosperity would rain down on all of us." Obama uses an irrelevant conclusion because he focuses more on what President Bush did and not on what he will do.

After several proposals Obama has for the economy, he at last said "And then long-term we've got to fix our health care system, we've got to fix our energy system that is putting such an enormous burden on families. You need somebody working for you and you've got to have somebody in Washington who is thinking about the middle class and not just those who can afford to hire lobbyists." In this part, he uses the "slippery-slope" fallacy he starts proposing some things and ends up suggesting many things.

To the same question as the one Senator Obama was answering, Mc Cain answered in a part with an either/or fallacy, "We've got to have a package of reforms and it has got to lead to reform prosperity and peace in the world." He's trying to say that if his reforms take place everything will improve, as if it were the only solution to the problem.