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...
Author - Bob Cesca
The Next 12 Hours
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...
Morning Awesome
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...
Washington Mutual Fails
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.
Ah-Hah!
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...
Toobin Rules
Timecode 1:41.
Exasperation
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 Is A Moron
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...
Liveblogging Prime Time
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!
There Is No Impending Economic Disaster
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...
Viral Bailout E-mail
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...
Chew On This One
Palin to Couric: So health care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions. Reducing taxes depends on tax reductions. Oh yeah. She's ready to be president...
Wow. She's Ridiculous.
This morning, I posted a video of what I thought was the "full segment." I was wrong. There's more...
With Or Without You
Sam Stein: Barack Obama is committed to hosting a public, televised event Friday night in Mississippi even if John McCain does not show up, an official close to the Obama campaign tells the...
President Clinton Loves McCain
President Clinton is campaigning for John McCain. His appearance on Larry King last night was a disgrace. In short, "McCain rules! Rules so hard, it's insane how awesome he is in every way! I'm for...
Genius
A new Obama spot. Here's why it's genius. Contrast the presidential tone of this spot against the insane clown car of death we're seeing from the McCain campaign.
Guess What?
John McCain lied about suspending his campaign. Pass it on.
Meltdown
Not the economy -- the McCain-Palin campaign. Now Palin is announcing that she could suspend her campaign as well. To do... what exactly? What does she have to offer to solve the economic crisis?
Clinton Global Initiative
Senator McCain just wrapped up his not-campaigning not-a-stump-speech stump speech at the Clinton Global Initiative. Weird. No hilarious Chelsea jokes from the senator. Weird.
North Carolina!
The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the Tar Heel State shows Obama attracting 49% of the vote while McCain earns 47%. So we're beginning to see here that the American voter has crossed...