6:42PM EDT Lieberman was just on with Stretch saying that the McCain we've seen for the last couple of days is the McCain he's known for years. It was meant as a compliment. 6:43PM Here's my first...
"One of the most pathetic pieces of tape I've ever seen..."
US News & World Report's John Farrell with the headline: "Obama Looks Presidential While McCain Looks for a Photo Op" Barack Obama was at the White House yesterday, looking presidential. Maybe...
Former UN ambassador Richard Holbrooke says McCain's campaign is suffering from a meltdown:
McCain is on his way to Mississippi for tonight's debate. Jonathan Chait: And now, after insisting it would be unpatriotic to campaign and debate before bailout legislation had been completed, is...
Ed Schultz is reporting the following: Capitol Hill sources are telling me that senior McCain people are more than concerned about Palin. The campaign has held a mock debate and a mock press...
Just awesome.
Rasmussen: Obama (D) 50%, McCain (R) 45% Start the clock. McCain political stunt in 5... 4... 3... 2...
Eugene Robinson: John McCain is rapidly making his temperament an inescapable issue in the presidential campaign. Does the nation really want so much drama in the White House? McCain's performance in...
The AP: By midnight, it was hard to tell who had suffered a worse evening, Bush or McCain. McCain, eager to shore up his image as a leader who rises above partisanship, was undercut by a fierce...
I think McCain loses big with this stunt. After all, most of his economy stunts in the last two weeks have failed, so, sure, this is a matter of probability. But look -- unless I'm missing something...
If McCain bothers to show up, I wish Lehrer would ask him this exact same question. UPDATE: Josh Dobbin from the comments: Holy shit, I forgot how Clinton used to be when he was on top of his game...
Seized by the government. This as the Republicans sabotage the bailout plan -- because they want tax cuts and more deregulation. Tomorrow is going to be asbolutely bloody on Wall Street.
BAM! Expect Senator Obama to repeat this during the debate... So now it looks like the Republican dicking around has to do with McCain wanting more deregulation shoehorned into the bailout plan...
Timecode 1:41.
For the last several years, progressives -- from Atrios to Thom Hartmann -- have been predicting a major economic meltdown. Hartmann, going back several years, has repeatedly invoked the Great...
Roger Simon from Politico is on Hardball saying that he's not hearing an outcry from voters who want the debate to happen. Roger Simon is a doof. SurveyUSA: 50% Held As Scheduled 36% Held With Focus...
Open thread for documenting the constant variety of cable news hackery. Tonight! What the hell is McCain up to? And Sarah Palin is a big nothing. Go!
Apparently the Republican House leadership is sabotaging the Senate plan. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) said he feared McCain was undercutting Paulson by...
My brother just forwarded to me a viral e-mail regarding the bailout. Subject line: "The Birk Plan." Maybe you've seen it. Here's the important section: To make the math simple, let's assume there...
