tonight's debate

The debate, as seen from the parking lot of Hofstra, where 23/6 held court

October 17, 2008 - The last debate is over, and now, as the New York Times says, it's a "sprint to the finish." McCain starts off the sprint with an appearance on Letterman, Obama with a fundraiser with Bruce Springsteen. And Joe the...

Barack Obama wants to point-counterpoint the bejesus out of you

October 15, 2008 - You tried your hand at going up against John McCain using the very same special embeddable Debate Bot software that Barack Obama uses to prepare for the presidential debates. But despite John McCain's general co...

Test your debate skills against Old Man McCain- he's online now!

October 15, 2008 - Few events require more advance preparation on behalf of a presidential candidate than a national debate. Tonight, Barack Obama and John McCain take to the stage at Hofstra University for the last of their three face-offs. So as a candidate, what can you do to get ready for the...

From The Room: What to Look for in Tonight's Debate

October 15, 2008 - Is McCain still old? Is Obama still black? Did Obama look at me personally, or was he looking at the camera? Did McCain's left ear just fall off? Did Obama just make a secret terrorist hand gesture that would signal his terrorist friends to hop in the Obama Time...

From The Room: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy: What I Need to Hear Tonight, Part Two

October 15, 2008 - Before the last great debate I gave some free advice to John McCain. My father always used to say that free advice is worth what you paid for it and maybe that's why I was ignored. However I am fairly hardheaded and my thirty years in show business has...

Barack Obama, please put this horse out of its misery

October 15, 2008 - Tonight's debate is Barack Obama's last chance to completely screw up and hand the election to McCain. Of course, McCain doesn't want the election, as evidenced by every decision he's made starting with Sarah Palin. Still, the constitution dictates that we endure this charade until the...

From The Room: McCain Campaign Advances Possibility of Using "Yo Momma" Insults in Debate

October 15, 2008 - With an unrepentant economy and Sarah Palin satires dominating the news, several new tracking polls show Barack Obama widening his lead over John McCain anywhere from 14 points at the NYT/CBS Polls to 101 points at MSNBC, taken between the Countdown and Rachel Maddow Shows. Only at Fox News...

Senile x (hot head/Ayers) + 700 billion = McCain lost

October 8, 2008 - The results are in, and according to all reasonable sources, Sen. Barack Obama ran roughshod over Sen. John McCain in last night's presidential debate. But what does it mean for a candidate to...

From The Room: McCain Discovers He's Actually Not Good at Town Hall Debates

October 8, 2008 - Tuesday's debate looked like a rerun of the first debate, except this time they were walking as they were talking. After standing in the first debate and walking in the second debate, will they lay down on a recliner in the final debate? McCain did so much walking, I...

The Debate - What America Saw

October 8, 2008 - Everyone says the Town Hall format is McCain's specialty. After watching him dotter around the stage for 90 minutes looking like he should have a note pinned to his chest, we're thinking McCain should demand from now on that he be allowed to conduct all his debates from...

From The Room: The Morning After

October 8, 2008 - Where can I get meds for post-debate depression? Are there behavior modification techniques for those of us now chronically cranky because we've been frightened that dirty political maneuvers could, however unlikely, put us in the hands of John McCain and Sarah Palin? I could phrase it "a John...

From The Room: Zen and the Art of Campaign Cycle Maintenance

October 8, 2008 - At the end of the town hall debate (which had all the warmth of a night at the morgue), Tom Brokaw asked the "Zen-like question" he received online: "What don't you know and when will you learn it?" No doubt the questioner thought this would spark profound ruminations...

From The Room: McCain Wanders Off Debate Stage and Into Undergraduate Physics Lecture

October 8, 2008 - Nashville, TN - About 40 minutes into Tuesday night's debate between presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain at Belmont University, Senator McCain wandered off the stage and exited the auditorium. He wound up in a physics classroom, located in the same building, where he...

From The Room: Tid-Bits Gleaned from Tonight's Presidential Debate

October 7, 2008 - Obama: I have to correct Senator McCain's statement, just a little bit, not surprisingly. Because he's a dummy. And a liar. A dumb, lying, dummy. With respect, of course, to you, Senator. McCain: I wrote a letter in my clubhouse. Senator Obama's name is not on our...

Ahem, Senator McCain... Barack Obama is "The One," not "That one"

October 8, 2008 - During last night's debate, John McCain referred to Barack Obama as "that one." That one what? Can we skip the next debate and hold the election the first Tuesday of next week? It's tim...