Presidential Debate

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Presidential Debate Liveblog Video, or, The Return of Michael Dukakis

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.08.2008 | Media

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Debate! Liveblog! Video! When you put those three things together, you get a truly magical moment in punditry. That happened last night in a downtown ...

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McCain pledges balanced budget, criticizes Obama

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

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BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Republican presidential candidate John McCain promised Wednesday to balance the federal budget despite the nation's deepening e...

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AP: McCain Had "Trouble Concealing His Distaste" For Obama

AP | JOCELYN NOVECK | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

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NEW YORK — The McCains and the Obamas moved about the stage separately for a little while after their debate, greeting people on the stage, but ...

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Obama And McCain Debate In Words: Issues V. "My Friends"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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Tuesday night's presidential campaign lasted 90 minutes and touched on a wide-range of topics. So what did each candidate spend his time discussing? A...

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Blitzer: "Apparent" McCain Has "Some Disdain" For Obama

The Huffington Post | Nico Pitney | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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Immediately after the debate, Wolf Blitzer goes there: "It's apparent to say that Sen. McCain has some disdain, I think it's fair to say, for Sen. Oba...

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Obama: Health Care Should Be A Right (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Tom Brokaw put the question to each candidate, "Is health care in America a privilege, a right, or a responsibility?" I'm not sure what McCain meant ...

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Who Won The Debate? Clean Sweep For Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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The insta-polls, which provide viewers with a somewhat skewed but important insight into how each candidate fared say, by and large, that Obama scored...

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Obama Flips Script, Uses McCain Catch-Phrase Against Him

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

In their first debate, John McCain's constant refrain was that Barack Obama "didn't understand." Tonight, Obama grabbed that phrase and ran with it i...

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McCain Makes No Mention Of "Middle Class" -- Again

HuffingtonPost.com | Nico Pitney | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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Obama spokesman Bill Burton writes: According to the transcript, mentions of "middle class" Obama: 4 McCain: ZERO* * That's a repeat from the fir...

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Presidential Debate Reactions: Pundits Weigh In

Huffington Post | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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CLICK HERE FOR REACTIONS FROM HUFFPOST BLOGGERS The second presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain has concluded. Below is a roundu...

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Palin Watches Debate From N.C. Pizzeria: "Yes!"

Washington Post | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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The Alaska governor arrived at Boli's on the Boulevard here in Greenville about ten minutes before 9 p.m. She had changed from her suit and high heels...

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"That One," McCain Calls Obama In Debate (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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During a discussion about energy, McCain punctuates a contrast with Obama by referring to him as "that one," while once again not looking in his oppon...

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McCain Touts Former Ebay CEO As Company Makes Drastic Cuts

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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McCain touts the economic prowess of, and suggests as a future Treasury Secretary Meg Whitman, the former CEO of eBay and someone who he has turned to...

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Liveblog! Obama and McCain Square Off in Nashville

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 11.07.2008 | Media

Our takeaway: Obama's still cool, McCain's still cranky, and Brokaw needs his teleprompter. Also, apparently McCain's known how to get Osama bin Laden this whole time. Aw jeez, NOW he tells us!

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The AP Hands Obama His #1 Talking Point for the Second Presidential Debate

Jackson Williams | Posted 02.08.2009 | Politics

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Just hours before Obama and McCain meet in a Town Hall debate, the Associated Press has moved a story that screams: "Retirement Accounts Have Lost $2 Trillion."

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New Obama Keating Five movie

Alison Teal | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Voters in swing states -- and this, Colorado, appears to be the mother of all swing states -- are treated to a nearly endless barrage of political advertising and discussion.

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Presidential Debate Tonight: McCain, Obama Camps Ratchet Up Expectations For A Fight

Huffington Post | Katharine Zaleski | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

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... Check Here For Updates On The Debate Tonight... Everyone expects tonight's debate to be a slug-fest since John McCain and Sarah Palin turned up t...

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12 Reasons Why McCain Can Still Win

William Bradley | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

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So, you think it looks really good for Barack Obama. Well, maybe so. Yet, Obama can still lose this. Though I'm not planning to head over to Vegas to shoot craps (John McCain's favorite) on that deal.

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One Last Comment about the First Debate

Jerry Weissman | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

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Almost everyone has already weighed in about the first McCain-Obama debate, and all eyes and ears are now focused on the Vice-presidential debate tomo...

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Obama's Debate Tactics Reveal He Tries To Grapple With An Issue

David Doody | Posted 11.01.2008 | Home

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The Presidential debate exposed the arguing style of the candidates. Barack Obama thoughtfully analyzes both sides of an issue and admits when his opponent makes a valid point whereas John McCain quarrels much like a petulant child.

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Debate #1: The Knockout that Wasn't. What Obama Needs to Do Next Time.

Andy Ostroy | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

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There was no knockout. And a knockout was what Obama needed. At best, it was a tie. And as the underdog in many ways, Obama needed to do much more than simply hold his own.

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What Debate Were You Watching?

Ben Cohen | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

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I wanted Obama to bring up McCain's atrocious tactics, and humiliate him for running such a shameful campaign.

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Debate Watching With the World

Jeannie Ralston | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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At first I thought I wouldn't be able to watch Friday's debate at all. But as it turned out, I felt as if I watched it with the whole world.

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John McCain: Unfit for the Presidency

Paul Jenkins | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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If we agree, as most of us do outside of the far-right abortion-obsessed axis, that Palin is unfit to serve as president, then McCain, the man solely responsible for giving her that opportunity, is unfit too. It's that simple.

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Reading The Pictures: McCain Sticks It To Palin?

Michael Shaw | Posted 10.29.2008 | Media

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Paired with Sarah Palin's absence from Friday night's Presidential debate, this photo-op of the McCains boarding their campaign plane that afternoon for Mississippi is phenomenally awkward.