Obama Debate Win Panics NRO McCainiac

post from Taylor Marsh on 07 October 2008 11:33:01 PM. © Taylor Marsh

BY TAYLOR MARSHCNN poll says Obama won.Political Wire: Tonight’s debate wasn’t even close....which has Andy McCarthy over at The Corner coming totally unglued: We have a disaster here -?" which is what you should expect when[...]

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Nashville Post Debate Thread

post from TalkLeft on 07 October 2008 11:32:00 PM. © TalkLeft

Thankfully, it's over. It was a terrible debate format, Tom Brokaw disappointed, McCain was incoherent, snivelling and condescending. Obama appeared Presidential.

What did you think?

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Its October and a Democratic Ticket is Ahead in
the Polls

post from Firedoglake on 07 October 2008 11:30:26 PM. © Firedoglake

Right on cue, the FBI issues a vague terrorist attack warning. Can the bin Laden tape be far behind?[...]

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Obama/McCain Debate II: McCain Lies About Warning
About Economic Crisis - He Didn't Have A Clue

post from Crooks and Liars on 07 October 2008 11:30:16 PM. © Crooks and Liars

During tonight's Presidential Debate Senator John McCain made the claim that he "warned" about the impending economic crisis. That's amazing, seeing as he said in 2007 that he was in fact surprised by it and failed to predict the disaster he, President Bush and the GOP brought upon America. Think Progress has the video and more:

I don?t know of hardly anybody, with the exception of a handful, that said ?wait a minute, this thing is getting completely out of hand and is overheating.? So, I?d like to tell you that I did anticipate it, but I have to give you straight talk, I did not.

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Obama nails him in tonight's debate:

Obama: Now I've got to correct a little bit of Senator McCain's history, not surprisingly, but let's first of all understand that the biggest problem in this whole process was the deregulation of the financial system. Senator McCain as recently as March bragged about the fact that he is a deregulator. On the other hand two years ago I said we've got a subprime lending crisis that has to be dealt with, I wrote to Secretary Paulson, I wrote to Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke and told them this is something we have to deal with and nobody did anything about it. A year ago I went to Wall Street and told them we have to re-regulate, and nothing happened.

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The Get Off My Lawn Variety Hour, Part 20

post from Daily Kos on 07 October 2008 11:30:13 PM. © Daily Kos

Yes or No question -- Brokaw sucks as a moderator or not? What kind of question was that about Russia being evil under Putin and asking for only a "yes" or "no." Life isn't so black and white, despite what old timers like Brokaw and McCain would have you believe.

Talking about Iran, Obama is maxing out the approval dial. Voters are gaining trust with Obama on national security.

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Obama - McCain - Obama Will Win; The Economic
Problem Is Why

post from DemConWatch on 07 October 2008 11:30:00 PM. © DemConWatch

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This video was created just before the debate, but my prediction seems to have held and for the reasons I state here.

This American Economy is in trouble. It's in bad straights for three basic reasons:

1) According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Civilian Labor Force Participation Rate topped out 10 years ago and then decreased and continued to do so through to present day. What that means is that more and more people basically stopped looking for jobs and working at jobs than ever before for the first time.

2) The total rate of job growth started to increase at a rapidly smaller rate in the late 1990s and that continues today. You can see the BLS data I collected right on the video. We added about 20 million jobs each decade from the 60s to the 90s, but again in 1999, the job growth party stopped cold. We added just barely 5 million jobs in ten years, that's a drop of 75 percent over what we've produced in the past.

3) During the period of the job losses and labor force participation problems consumer credit shot to rapid rates of annual increase starting just before the turn of the 21st Century. What that means is as we were losing our capacity to produce jobs, we were relying on the credit system to essentially make up for the lack of job growth we experienced in the past.

That's why we're in trouble now. Job losses due to the increased number of competitive market economies -- not the sub-prime mortgage issue -- is the real problem and its been years in the making.

We have to fundamentally alter our economy and the current proposals and the Bailout Bill are only a start of getting at the problem -- but they don't impact this combination of forces that basically creates constant job loss and part of that is the overall International Division of Labor, where cheap workers overseas do jobs that were once located here.

There's an answer, and it's in something I call Zennie's Plan. Stay tuned.

On CNN IReport -- click here.

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Obama - McCain - Obama Can Win; The Economic
Problem Is Why

post from DemConWatch on 07 October 2008 11:30:00 PM. © DemConWatch

video details and more

This video was created just before the debate, but my prediction seems to have held and for the reasons I state here.

This American Economy is in trouble. It's in bad straights for three basic reasons:

1) According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Civilian Labor Force Participation Rate topped out 10 years ago and then decreased and continued to do so through to present day. What that means is that more and more people basically stopped looking for jobs and working at jobs than ever before for the first time.

2) The total rate of job growth started to increase at a rapidly smaller rate in the late 1990s and that continues today. You can see the BLS data I collected right on the video. We added about 20 million jobs each decade from the 60s to the 90s, but again in 1999, the job growth party stopped cold. We added just barely 5 million jobs in ten years, that's a drop of 75 percent over what we've produced in the past.

3) During the period of the job losses and labor force participation problems consumer credit shot to rapid rates of annual increase starting just before the turn of the 21st Century. What that means is as we were losing our capacity to produce jobs, we were relying on the credit system to essentially make up for the lack of job growth we experienced in the past.

That's why we're in trouble now. Job losses due to the increased number of competitive market economies -- not the sub-prime mortgage issue -- is the real problem and its been years in the making.

We have to fundamentally alter our economy and the current proposals and the Bailout Bill are only a start of getting at the problem -- but they don't impact this combination of forces that basically creates constant job loss and part of that is the overall International Division of Labor, where cheap workers overseas do jobs that were once located here.

There's an answer, and it's in something I call Zennie's Plan. Stay tuned.

On CNN IReport -- click here.

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CNN: Obama Wins 2nd Pres. Debate

It’s hard not to come to the same conclusion if you watched the debate. McCain is now officially flailing.©2008 Garling Gauge. All Rights Reserved..

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Get Off My Lawn Variety Hour 19

A yes or a no question. That's almost as good as the primary debates where they had the candidates raise their hands.

Q: How far will you go fear-mongering about Iran nuking Israel? [Ok, that's me paraphrasing.]

McCain: I'll go pretty far. Surprised? Hey, why not a Holocaust reference? That scary enough for you?

Obama: I acknowledge your desire for fear-mongering, and let me make clear I'm no wuss. But diplomacy and sanctions are also things that exist.

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McCain Strangely Calls Obama That One

WTH? Sen. McCain makes a peculair reference to Sen. Obama as “that one” during the second debate.©2008 Garling Gauge. All Rights Reserved..

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