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Debate Liveblog!!
John McCain has gone into the phonebooth changed out of his cape and is quickly flying down to Oxford Mississippi for the debate!
The debate is about to begin!! Go to the comments section and blog away!
With approximately 2 minutes
With approximately 2 minutes left, who's in the mood for a quick Palin gaffe? You really only have to watch the first 22 seconds or so.
Craziness.
9:04: First Wall Street-Main
9:04: First Wall Street-Main Street cliche goes to Barack. Two points!
9:06: As McCain reports that
9:06: As McCain reports that Ted Kennedy is in the hospital, the CNBC ticker running below his face informs us that Ted Kennedy is home from the hospital. What a great symbol.
McCain feels better because
McCain feels better because Democrats and Republicans are "sitting down together." THAT'LL solve the problem!
9:07: McCain gets in his own
9:07: McCain gets in his own Wall Street-Main Street line. Lame.
So far we learn that John McCain's ideal bailout package has some loans in it, is a package, and contains other elements.
9:08: "Let's get back to my
9:08: "Let's get back to my original question on the recovery plan." I LOVE JIM LEHRER.
McCain: "It was the House
McCain: "It was the House Republicans that decided that they would be the solution to this problem."
Anyone want to tell me what exactly he means? Because the House GOP were the ones that stalled the deal last night.
Interesting tie choices.
Interesting tie choices. Both McCain and Lehrer are rocking stripes, Obama, solid red power tie. Definitely unconventional choice by McCain going with white and red stripes rather than with a solid tie. Just random or can we read anything into that?
9:09: Obama is doing a good
9:09: Obama is doing a good job of hitting at McCain's free-market, no-regulation ideology early and often.
9:10: John McCain "hopes" he's going to vote for the plan. Way to be decisive.
9:10: This random old story
9:10: This random old story about D-Day, plus the "I've been around a while" remark, is really not helping McCain with the age perception problem. My grandma's stories are shorter than this.
McCain's solution to
McCain's solution to everything seems to be "corruption is bad."
Which, yes it is, but that's not going to give people back their homes.
9:12: "Are you afraid I
9:12: "Are you afraid I couldn't hear him?" McCain scores a hat trick of awkward age references.
Funny moment from both
Funny moment from both candidates (and Lehrer). Good self-deprecating line from McCain on his hearing.
Earmarks? McCain knows how
Earmarks? McCain knows how small a part of the budget those are, right?
I wonder how much money
I wonder how much money Palin is going to earmark for aerial wolf hunting...
STOP DISSING THE BEAR STUDY.
STOP DISSING THE BEAR STUDY. THAT'S ACTUAL SCIENCE. I notice he didn't mention the Bridge to Nowhere this time...
9:15: Which do you think is
9:15: Which do you think is worse - Obama's $900m (or somewhere thereabouts, I can't recall the number Mac used) in earmarks, or the $700bn John McCain thinks we should give Hank Paulson to spend with no oversight?
McCain: "This pen is kind of
McCain: "This pen is kind of old."
That's gonna go under the category of not-so-good age jokes.
$18 billion in earmarks v.
$18 billion in earmarks v. $300 billion for tax cuts - right on.
"Maybe $932 million isn't a
"Maybe $932 million isn't a lot"
IT ISN'T. THE FEDERAL BUDGET IS $2.2 TRILLION.
"People under indictment and
"People under indictment and charges"...hmmm, like Republicans maybe?
9:18: McCain is being, as we
9:18: McCain is being, as we used to say in debate, completely non-responsive. Barack Obama is using simple math: $300 billion > $18 billion. John McCain is going all over the place.
Well, on the Ms.
Well, on the Ms. Congeniality test, Palin actually has more experience than McCain.
Obama does a lot better at
Obama does a lot better at keeping a straight face when McCain is talking than vice-versa. The guy sitting next to me says that McCain's smile looks kind of like Dick Cheney's.
(I'm giving up on times.
(I'm giving up on times. The numbers are just too far away.)
I think this is the first "my friends" I've heard from McCain. I knew it wouldn't last...
You know where else
You know where else companies like to locate? Places where they don't have to pay for health care. Like "Not the US".
Definition of rich: owning
Definition of rich: owning so many homes you can't actually remember where they all are.
NON SEQUITUR AWARD OF THE
NON SEQUITUR AWARD OF THE MONTH GOES TO... John McCain's "I want to know Senator Obama's definition of rich." I usually hate dodges, but that one deserved it.
We've already moved past the
We've already moved past the bailout debate without Obama getting in the hits that I wanted him to :(
McCain's earmark tirade is
McCain's earmark tirade is the oldest, most tired and most disingenuous line in DC. 75%-80% of the US Budget goes to Social Security, Medicare, paying down the debt, and the Military. Everything else in the Federal budget comes from the last 20% of the budget. McCain knows that it is politically impossible for him to cut any of that first 80%. So it is totally disingenuous for him to claim that he is going to cut spending drastically when he won't even touch 80% of the budget and with his military policy in Iraq he even wants to massively increase Military spending.
Good call on McCain's plan
Good call on McCain's plan to tax employer-provided health benefits. I've been wondering why Obama hasn't come out stronger on this.
Research in Motion's stock
Research in Motion's stock price just went under McCain on the CNBC ticker. Given as he invented the Blackberry, that's some good timing.
Festooned: best word of the
Festooned: best word of the debate. Like a festival of earmarks.
Additionally, did you know John McCain isn't a big fan of earmarks?
OK - I guess I understand that when you're in Congress, the most immediate example of wasteful spending seems like earmarks, because it's something that you see your colleagues asking for every day. But when you're the president of the United States, you get a lot more power than any senator gets in setting the nation's budget priorities, and earmarks should not be your biggest concern.
As McCain laughs at his own
As McCain laughs at his own joke I can imagine his advisers wanting to kill themselves.
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In the past two days, John
In the past two days, John McCain has managed to ruin an economic plan by infusing politics into a done deal, and has shown himself to be a poor leader.
For my money, if Obama comes out swinging today, this election should be over before 11 o'clock tonight. If he holds back I will be very disappointed.