O'Reilly is the face of ignorant, extremist conservative, narrow-minded republicans (please note that not all Republicans are this way). He went on that show to address that part of the population, whom he knows he CANNOT reach, to try and maybe get to some of the people who were on the fence or who didn't agree with him fully. Whether he hurt or helped I don't know I haven't seen it all yet.
And check out these articles on that same site... seems to me John McCain is misrepresenting the facts FAR more than Mr. Obama, and their own unbiased fact-checking shows that independent experts have reviewed the policies of both men and time after time Obama's plans are better in terms of how many Americans will benefit from them.
Both exaggerate facts. That is a given. O'Rielly has not been O'Rielly lately. I think it's a lack of support for McCain, because he is not sounding half as Right-Winged as he usually sounds. Old school O'Rielly wouldn't have even let Obama speak, nor actually agree with him on some points. It ALMOST surprised me as much as the Ann Coulter of late... Almost makes you think these people's personalities are as made up as Colberts, granted, we have early proof of O'Rielly being a big fat douche.
Obama is not going on there to reach the other side on this show, more than the other side watches O'Rielly. He is on the show because many have been questioning his ability to answer the important questions when they're tossed. He has been accused by both sides of avoiding them. He has proven us semi-wrong. He would have his great moments, then the subject of Payroll Tax would come up, etc. and he would start trying to play it off. Luckily, O'Rielly didn't let him, and we got a semi-answer. I still do not agree with the answers, but I am content that we're really getting them now.
I expect Biden to follow, and I expect Palin to hit the show as well. O'Reilly wants her on the show... if McCain's campaign doesn't put her on, then, yeah, I'll have a big problem with that. She needs to do those kind of interviews, well, interviews PERIOD, before I fully accept her, as well as many.
And if anyone is going to get shit straight with her, it's O'Rielly.