Josh Debate Thread
by Josh Orton, Tue Oct 07, 2008 at 10:29:08 PM EST
Newest posts on top - earlier ones below the fold...
- Does McCain seem a little...odd tonight?
- Only two minutes left. Mercy.
- I'm not sure what the total number of viewers for this debate will be, but I bet a huge number changed the channel after a few minutes. Is anyone enjoying this format?
- McCain lied about sending troops into Lebanon
- Ambinder: McCain: "There are some things that Obama just doesn't understand" in re: foreign policy... Obama turns it around: "I don't understand how we ended up invading the country that had nothing to do with 9/11..."
- It's bizarre that during the first debate, Lehrer practically begged the candidates to engage with each other - now Brokaw seems to be ragging them for engaging. Ugh.
- BO on McCain taxing employer health benefit: "what one hand giveth, the other taketh away"
- "That one??"
- Brokaw keeps complaining about time limits. Lame.
- Great energy answer from Obama
- Is it just me, or is the mustache ratio in the town hall audience off the charts?
- McCain really redundant with his talking points. Tip O'Neill. Ok, we get it.
- Good news for Obama: this debate is quite boring.
- McCain wants to give tax buts to CEO's?? Boooooo...
- Question to McCain about sacrifice in the future - McCain warns of cutting programs, but sounds mostly like his boilerplate stuff about spending.
- McCain drops a Feingold reference again...and we learned today that he's adding another day in Wisconsin this week. Coincidence?
- McCain mentions McCain-Feingold as a reform accomplishment - think it's the first he's mentioned it in a debate.
- McCain calls the woman with a question cynical too. She must be thrilled.
- I think Obama just called that woman 'cynical;' but returns to blaming Republican policy.
- Obama responds by pointing out McCain's lobbyist advisers
- More from Obama hitting re-regulation
- McCain already going negative on Obama...
- McCain suggest Whitman for Treasure Sec., Obama floats Warren Buffet (I can't imagine him wanting that job)
- Did McCain just propose a modern-day HOLC?
- The big wildcard in my mind? Whether Brokaw will bow to Republican pressure and bring up Ayers on his own so McCain doesn't have to...
- Obama out of the box with an attack on McCain's philosophy of deregulation...great start.
- BO also hits news of executive junket post-bailout...the dials on CNN are sky-high...
Tags: election 08, Debate (all tags)
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