Liveblogging The Final Presidential Debate: Let’s Get It On
Alright, we have just under an hour until the final presidential debate, and that means it’s time for us to get that show on the road. This will be the official liveblogging post, and all the rest of the details will come below the fold.
Pulling Out All the Stops
In organ music terminology, a “stop” is both a set of pipes, all tuned to the same note, that play simultaneously when the organist presses any key on the keyboard, and the knob or handle that activates each set of pipes. When an organist pulls out a stop, she activates the pipes associated with that stop.
Actually, Sen. McCain, He DOES Know About Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
An NBC reporter wanted to talk to the audience member at Tuesday night’s presidential debate who was told by McCain that he “probably had never heard of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac” before now. Well, the guy’s name is Oliver Clark, and as it turns out, a lot of other people wanted to find out how he felt about McCain’s assumption, too. Here is the answer he posted on his Facebook page:
GOP Official Liked “That One”
Even some conservatives are saying John McCain came off as disrespectful when he pointed at Obama in the debate last night and said “That one” voted for the 2005 energy bill. But not this one:
A Republican official emails, on background:
The most memorable line of the night belonged to John McCain. McCain pointed out that “That One” vote for the 05 energy bill. Look for Republicans to note in coming days that “That One” also voted for higher taxes at least 94 times; “That One” has associations with unrepentant terrorists, etc…
Did Palin “Establish Debating Parity” with Joe Biden?
David Brooks thinks she did:
Two Days Later, Obama Won the Debate Even More
Yesterday, Josh Marshall put up this post, about Friday night’s debate:
Let’s Not Get So Upset About “John Is Right”
I’m with Hilzoy on this one (my emphasis immediately below and in quote from Pat Lang):
With or Without McCain, Debate Will Be Just Fine
If McCain doesn’t show, Obama will just tweak the format:
A Black and White Issue
I suspect this post will be unpopular, but… Let me throw some facts and figures at you: In Ohio, exit polls show that whites made up 76% of the people who voted in the Democratic primary. In Pennsylvania, whites made up 80% of the vote. And in general, whites make up 82% of the United States’ population; in 2004, exit polls show that whites voted almost to their demographic force, making up 77% of the electorate.
Digest those numbers for a minute — we start to see why swing states are so important now.
Thank Goodness!
The North Carolina Democratic Party has canceled the debate scheduled on April 27th.
Blowback
And he laughed.
Liveblogging The Debate
Well, we’re about fifteen minutes out from what promises to be a night of fireworks and fisticuffs in politics as the final two Democratic candidates square off days before a critical primary voting day.
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