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I decided to not Twitter the debate so much.
UPDATE: Now with fresh, clean, FactCheck!
We’re watching via www.cnnpolitics.com with laptops and all, but really we’re just watching on our normal TV on the CNN channel.
Biden: “the ultimate bridge to nowhere” regarding the McCain tax credit plan versus the Obama tax cut for those making less than [...]

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The TV Watch - A Question Reprised, but the Words Come None Too Easily for Palin - NYTimes.com
I couldn’t bear to watch the video, but ran across this summary of the Katie Couric interview with Sarah Palin. It’s painfully obvious that without a teleprompter, she fails miserably. No wonder they’ve kept her away from the [...]

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Read the whole thing. Tomorrow is going to be a very ugly day in the markets and in the press.
Talks Implode During Day of Chaos; Fate of Bailout Plan Remains Unresolved - NYTimes.com
When Congressional leaders and Senators John McCain and Barack Obama, the two major party presidential candidates, trooped to the White House on [...]

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Yesterday, it was my birthday. The story of Margriet Oostveen, the Dutch writer who volunteered for both US Presidential campaigns to gather insight and material for her column broke, and what keen prezzie! She claims she was taught how to write “letters to the editor” that would be signed by real McCain supporters in [...]

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Earlier today, I jokingly speculated that the reason McCain was trying to delay or postpone or cancel the debate was really because his polling sucked, and he was stalling for time. It appears that I’m not the only one that thinks this. And now, it looks like Palin’s debate will either be postponed or [...]

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