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So who won the debate?

McCain keeps using the same phrases, much of which seem awkward.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 03:10 PM) Is it safe to say with what has happened this week, if McCain does not win tonight's debate, he's almost done? No.

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So I guess the question remains, if what we did in 2005 worked for us so well, why has both Ozzie and the team in general moved away from that approach?

Things that are not a good sign for McCain/Palin - losing the faith of National Review is kind of a big one. http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDZiM...WMyYTUxZDkwNTE=

That's pretty horrible.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 10:29 PM) Washington Mutual officially falls. Assets sold to JPMorgan after the FDIC stepped in and somehow enabled things...supposedly this will happen without having to deplete the FDIC's assets, which WaMu would have done had there not been a buyer. The final CEO of WaMu, Alan Fishman was in charge all of three weeks. What does he get for his troubles? He gets to keep his 7.5 million dollar signing bonus. Plus severance of 11.6 million in cash. Now that is finding advantage in a troubled economy. http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/artic...AC,C,XLF,WFC,WB

So was this all a stunt to begin with? http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/20...ins_debate.html

McCain is suspending his campaign suspension to debate. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13970.html

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 10:49 AM) But that is not what Frank, Reid, and Schumer have said. They all said House republicans are holding up passage. Are they lying or politicking?(new word). I think what they are saying is that they can not pass it on Democratic votes alone, and that the bailout wont have the intended immediate psychological effect as well if there isn't broad bipartisan support. If you have 190 to 200 out of roughly 230 Democratic votes on a bipartisan plan and cant get enough Republican votes to get the bill passed, I think its reasonable to assume that it is the House Republican caucus that is failing to get the bill passed.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 11:42 AM) As a commentator, I actually really like Mike Huckabee. Better there than in office.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 11:34 AM) I agree with everything you say here to a T. I don't like her either. I'm just more laughing at the "outrage" by ATB. As a Democrat, I love the choice of Sarah Palin as McCain's running mate. As an American, I'm somewhat worried that there's a possibility that she could actually become Vice President. Every time she opens her mouth, its an embarrassment. She reminds me of that Miss Teen USA pageant Laura Upton who was asked why she thinks one fifth of Americans can't locate the US on a map.

McCain suspension creates serious discord in the GOP. http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/26/hu...a-huge-mistake/

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Sep 26, 2008 -> 10:14 AM) So someone tell me why, if the Dems have the votes in the House to pass this, and there are at least 40 Repubs in the Senate in favor, this is not already voted on and passed? Political cover, maybe? I'm willing to guess that there are 20-30 democrats opposed to the bailout which would make the deal DOA.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 11:40 PM) well, from what i read, thats way too bats*** crazy left wing for me to trust. i at least trust MSNBC, FOX or CNN to report actual news, even though their selection of stories is slanted. that seems like TheTrumpet or 9/11 was an inside job type site. no offense. The Atlantic is a wonderful magazine. One of the few left that really tries to be an old school, everything from current affairs to short fiction kind of magazine.

QUOTE (DABearSoX @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 09:44 AM) Guess sorta along these lines... I hate the American custom of tipping for every goddamn thing someone provides. With restaurants it seems to me most people do the customary 15-20% deal. f*** that, I tip on service....what a tip actually should be, you have outstanding service (keeping my water/drinks filled, making sure everything is to my liking, not coming over and bothering the s*** out of me every 2 minutes) then you get a good tip....if you fail my qualifications you get a tip based on how s***ty you were anywhere from 0-5%. And waiters/waitresses please come in and defend how "hard" your job is....Please....why because sometimes it’s busy? Sometimes you have an asshole customer? Sometimes you would rather be home getting high? You write down an order, maybe do some prep work, carry some food to a table (even though half the time I get a runner), say hello and goodbye, wrap some silverware up at the end of the day...man what a hard job. God and those places that don't even tip out to the cooks are ludicrous, the people that actually do the work in a restaurant. Why can't America follow Europe's lead when it comes to serving? What is it...if there is extremely good service you leave like 2% tip or something. Most of the time they won't even accept a tip? I've been a waiter and a busser at different places. I can say for sure being a busser is a way harder/worse job than being a waiter. Especially b/c if a server has a bad day my tip was s***, when I was the one doing the f***ing dirty work. Don't even get me started on tipping the girl at great clips for a 15 minute haircut that costs 20 bucks. If they give too much of it to great clips go f***ing cut hair in your basement or open your own shop. When I was loading cars all day long with heavy bags of manure, wood chips etc I didn't get s***. So why should waiter that brings me a plate of food get money? Maybe next time I will offer him 20% of my piece of chicken. American needs to change this whole ideal of tipping. When servers start getting paid a living wage outside of tipping, tipping would likely go away slowly.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 12:03 PM) He could come out and blame it on those dastardly democrats and their additions to the bills. Except then comes the commercial with the Obama presser calling for those things to be removed from yesterday.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 11:47 AM) A couple of those media insider places this morning are running with thoughts of this scenario: Bush kind of took the wind out of his sails on that possibility last night. If he's stopping his campaign, going to meet with everyone, issue a joint statement with Obama, and actually negotiate - and then not support the bill he stopped everything for? Would kind of prove Obama's point that stopping a campaign isn't the right tact wouldn't it?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 10:34 AM) http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelst...mccain-got-invo Paulson said come and help, not why don't you stop the campaign and postpone the debate? Here's the other thing that bothers me, Paulson and Obama consulted twice yesterday on the phone, according to the Obama campaign. Paulson had to go through Lindsey Graham to get to McCain?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 25, 2008 -> 10:39 AM) Its not just that one piece. Its been the Clinton's behavior ever since it because clear that Barack was going to be the nominee. They have pretty well undercut him every chance they got, even when it didn't make any sense. Something like this is just another piece of that puzzle IMO. I would say that this is more Bill Clinton's behavior rather than Hillary. Hillary has actually been quite the good soldier.

That's still unclear.

Prediction: McCain will arrive in DC tomorrow, after the framework of a deal has been done by Congress.

Katie Couric with Sarah Palin on the bailout. http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4476721n

QUOTE (Texsox @ Sep 24, 2008 -> 10:41 PM) and helps McCain more than Obama. Partisan. But I like it. I think its the opposite of that. Bush called Obama directly. It's one of the first truly non-partisan things he's done in office.