McCain skips debate

The 23/6 Lowering Debate Expectations-O-Tron

September 26, 2008 - The debate's back on! Which means it's time for campaign surrogates to get off their asses and start lowering some expectations. George Bush has shown again and again that it doesn't matter what kind of stupid crap you say in a d...

From The Room: Obama Considers Debating McCain Replacement: 87 Year-Old Max Shapiro from Tamarac, Florida

September 26, 2008 - OXFORD, MISS - Will he or won't he? As Senator John McCain decides whether or not to show up for tonight's scheduled debate in Oxford, Mississippi, the Obama campaign is considering its options. One is whether to accept the McCain campaign's offer to debate 87year-old McCain suppo...

John McCain's bailout mission goes as well as his last flight over Hanoi

September 26, 2008 - On Wednesday, John McCain announced that he was bravely embarking on a dangerous mission, in which he would fly into Washington DC to save the bailout before it's too late. In light of the three planes he lost while a pilot in the Navy, we should know by now...

Pre-rehearsed delivery of talking points packaged as live debate is ON!

September 26, 2008 - McCain has decided to debate after all, which means a crisis has been averted. Not the financial one, but the possibility that we would have had to watch Barack Obama talk to Jim Lehrer for 90 minutes. The country has been through enough without that. So what to expect tonight...