I love Tom Brokaw!

Well, Obama just lost the AIG executive vote.

Why does Barack always sound hoarse at these events?

Why don't they show John McCain when Obama is speaking?  We would see him flailing and hyperventilating.

Not everything about the economy is energy independence and taxes John. Good lord!

Next is earmarks...

Let's face it, McCain can point to pretty much anyone and they'll be comparatively a "young American" (and the ageism begins...)

Let's face it, McCain can point to pretty much anyone and they'll be comparatively a "young American" (and the ageism begins...)

Over here in Dunster, we are watching it in black and white off an antenna.  Jon Hawley put it this way: "Black and white?  This is like Kennedy-Nixon in 1960.  This is GREAT!"

Freudian slip! "We've gotta spend 700 billion dollars a year in countries that don't want us, um, like us very much."

Iraq? Anyone? Anyone?

Forewarning: I'm feeling pretty punchy this evening. I just took a 20-minute nap.

"My friends" x2. Two shots, y'all.

Not raising taxes on anybody is precisely how we're going to continue the war in Iraq and balance the budget. Oh wait - earmarks! That'll solve everything.

"My friends" count: 2

Start the 'my friends' counter. At least twice in one answer. It's a nervous tic, and he looks nervous.

Wait, so McCain wants to crack down on runaway spending…by spending a lot more money on limiting mortgage payments?

WHAT!?  NOT YOU TOM!?  LAME!

Phil Gramm!

That was SOOOOOOOOOOOO awkward.

Warren Buffett? Isn't he an Obama advisor?

"Someone we identify with"?  Arnold Schwarzenneger?  or....Sarah Palin?

ONE MINUTE UP MCCAIN MOVE ALONG.

1.3 million people make their living off eBay? I'm going to check that real quick.

Also, I do hope these two recognize that there are federal laws against promising political appointments to people. Really, there's prison time for this kind of thing.

I know someone in that room who HASN'T done any business with eBay!

McCain looks positively spry and chipper tonight!! I really like whatever he did with his hair.

Comb-over?

McCain suspended hiscampaign (except for the ads, press releases, etc.)

How many generic, "golly gee the economy sucks hard" questions are we going to have before an interesting one?

Ohhh, John McCain, don't you talk about anybody's cronies in the savings and loan industry. I see Barack smirking back there. You're gonna get it.

Obama is talking straight to the middle class, and McCain is not. That's the number one reason why we've seen Obama get such big leads this week.

McCain apparently believes that Obama lives in a lair with Franklin Raines, Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, Tony Rezko, and Satan.

"And my campaign manager was still being paid until last month by Freddie Mac"--John McCain

Also, did I mention that he's not answering the question?

Novey, if you didn't believe kitchen sinks were throwable...I think you're getting disproven. Obama just hurled a small countertop at McCain. So snarky, so snarky.

Here we go with the attacks. McCain won't win in a battle of cronies.

Shorter Obama: "Okay, so now you're actually going to get an *answer* to your question."

Oh look, Obama is actually answering the question instead of babbling about something marginally related!

bring up deregulation of health care! please Obama!

DAMMIT! I WROTE A LETTER!

CNN's undecided Ohio voters are not too keen on the pointing of fingers by either candidate.

Who bothers saying "in all candor" at a presidential debate, anyway?

John McCain likes effective action, not ineffective action.

"My friends" count: 3

Thank goodness, John McCain wrote a letter too. It can fix our economy. But not as well as the American workers.

Also, did you know that we're the best importers in the world?

Best importers? Is that really a compliment? Someone tell McCain to look up the term "current account deficit".

Did that end in a question mark? Jeebus...

Best. Questioner. Ever.

McCain rocking a striped tie for the debate again! Red on light red this time instead of white on red like last time.

Definitely a new strategy.