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Citing New Hampshire “Spanking,” Obama Cautious After Debate
New York, N.Y. — With the last presidential debate over, the Obama campaign bus is stocked with champagne. En route to a flight to New Hampshire on Thursday morning, the campaign cooler was still stocked with champagne from debate night. I haven’t seen any corks actually popping, however, and now the candidate is pushing [...]
Scenes From The Spin Room
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — I don’t have much to add to Mike and Ari’s analyses…they pretty much nailed it. Neither candidate was particularly inspiring, but the lack of a decisive win for Sen. John McCain, once again, constitutes a loss.
The most exciting moment for me was watching Triumph the Insult Comic Dog scare the bajeezus out [...]
Obama T.K.O.s McCain in Last Debate
HEMPSTEAD, NY — Barack Obama never delivered a knockout punch during the final presidential debate, but it did not matter. Obama won a T.K.O. – defeating his opponent without ever knocking him out.
John McCain hit hard and sometimes wildly, accusing Obama of links to terrorism, voter fraud and racially divisive politics. It was the first [...]
Bill Richardson at Debate: This Race is Not Over
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson issued a wake-up call to cocky Democrats on the night of the final presidential debate. “The race is not over,” he said, warning Obama supporters not to “get overconfident.”
Richardson, who said he has now campaigned in 15 states for Obama, sounded plenty confident when handicapping the debate. [...]
McCain Debate Talking Points Leaked
TWI Exclusive: From a pizza box to your screen, here are the attacks McCain plans to deliver against Obama at tonight’s debate.
Eco Experts Weigh In on Tonight’s Debate
With the second presidential debate tonight, Grist asked some eco-geeks what questions on energy and the environment they’d like to see asked and answered by Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain.
Climate expert Dan Weiss of the liberal think tank the Center for American Progress Action Fund wants to know the same thing TWI’s John Dougherty [...]
McCain to Interpret Palin Tonight via Simultaneous Translation
Sen. John McCain devises ingenious plan to prevent terrorists from putting words in Gov. Sarah Palin’s mouth.
McCain Cancels DC Trip
Sen. John McCain was expected to fly to Washington later today, so he could take part in talks surrounding a new Wall Street bailout package when Congress comes back from its break for Rosh Hashana.
However, Politico’s Jonathan Martin reports that McCain has changed his plans. The GOP nominee is instead flying to Kansas City, Mo., [...]
Newsweek Columnist: Palin Should Spend More Time With Family
Following conservative columnist Kathleen Parker’s call last week for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to step aside as the Republican vice presidential nominee, Newsweek columnist Fareed Zakaria is adding his voice to the din.
In the wake of Palin’s disappointing performances in several nationally-televised interviews, Zakaria writes:
Liveblogging The First Debate
We’re almost underway. If you haven’t read Sridhar’s debate preview, you have like 20 minutes to cram. And since I would only mislead you if I tried to discuss the economy, Mary will also weigh in on the non-foreign policy portions of the program.
Two things I’m looking for. First, the Surge vs. the War. McCain [...]
