you believe that sketch is funny? I just watched the whole thing, and didn't even smile, let alone laugh. there wasn't a clever line of dialogue anywhere, the actors were tripping over their own tongues, and their timing was atrocious.

this has nothing to do with politics. I think the Republican leadership is pretty damned funny on its own; but SNL should be driven to a farm upstate to finish its life out of our view.

I'm an independent a voter as there is. My options for this one had come down to Obama or none of the above. Obama convinced me tonight. He offered thoughtful answers and somewhat sensible proposals. McCain was incoherent. I kept rewinding to try to parse his answers, and it was impossible.

This debate was the clearest example of a game-changer. McCain is not qualified to be president. When his prepared remarks fell flat he had nothing left. I can't wait for the spin on this one.

This plan is an abomination. The long term effects will be more disastrous to this country than the Iraq war. Redistributing wealth from taxpayers to Wall Street, under the "supervision" of the former CEO of Goldman Sachs, is beyond insane.

And this morning the real meat of the proposal came to light. Allowing Goldman Sachs to become a commercial bank, to tap into Fed funds and thus completing the evisceration of Glass Steagall.

This must not happen.

Excellent article, a critique of McCain that is based in fact rather than hysterics.

The Republican electoral strategy is to create a narrative that is attractive to voters. It has nothing to do with facts, which some of them have admitted. I find it tragic now to watch John McCain lie so easily, sometimes about something he said only hours earlier.

It's only going to get worse from here.

Where is anyone on this thread "bashing" Hilary? Except for Tibby and 401KBoy - both well known repub trolls.

Really? I'm well known? Yee Haa!

But seriously, I have never voted for a Republican presidential candidate, and that goes back to 1980. I happen to believe that there is little difference between Democrats and Republicans on issues that are truly significant. Witness today's bailout of AIG by a Republican administration that otherwise praises the virtues of The Free Market. Plutocrats all.

And I stand by the observation that it is Clinton who is injecting politics into this by refusing to participate because there will be a Republican there.

"Her attendance was news to us, and this was never billed to us as a partisan political event," Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines told the Associated Press. "Sen. Clinton will therefore not be attending."

Sounds to me like it's Clinton who politicized the event by refusing to appear alongside a Republican.

Palin said her daughter made a choice to keep the baby, not a choice to HAVE the baby. I interpreted that as not putting it up for adoption.

I'm more disturbed by the statistic here that 90% of women with a positive test for Down's syndrome abort.

"All Biden has to do is ask Palin who the President of Pakistan is

slam--DUNK!

-- BeatnikBob "

Pakistan is between presidents at the moment - the chairman of the senate is serving as acting president.

"He tries to DUNK, but hits the rim and the ball bounces into the hands of the other team!!!"

Glenn is on the money, again. We have ample evidence that the electorate, especially for president, votes with its gut rather than with its head. That's what gave us 8 years of W, and just may give us four years of McCain (did anyone pick up on Palin saying that what America needs is four years of John McCain?).

Sarah Palin is W with a vagina (and a brain). She is as comfortable at a podium as he is awkward, but with the same message. "Wouldn't you rather have a beer with ME and not that Harvard Law metrosexual?"

I do see a little liberal hypocrisy showing itself: when Biden was picked he was welcomed as the attack dog who would cut McCain down to size. Now, when the Republican VP serves the same role she's "vicious", "mean", and of course, "a bitch".

The McCain team is right. This election isn't about issues; hell, they never are. It's about personalities and passions and "team spirit". And the Republicans have done that better than the Democrats for a while now.

she hit a grand slam. granted the speech was written before she was picked, but she fired them up.

and now John Rich, Gretchen Wilson and Cowboy Troy. Yee haa!

we have an election on our hands, folks.

First, McCain's judgement is called into question. From most accounts he wanted to go with Lieberman, but caved under pressure from the right.

Second, he went along with releasing info about Palin in a piecemeal fashion, as a response to rumors (?) about the parentage of little Trig.

Third, the campaign is placing a weird emphasis on Cindy's work with adoptions. They trotted out an adoptive father tonight, with his adoring adopted daughter at his side.

Fourth, Palin is serving as a shield and smokescreen for McCain's positions, or lack thereof.

Fifth, the Republican platform committee today approved a plank BANNING abortion, in ALL CASES.

This election is taking on an importance that, honestly, I didn't think it had before. A McCain victory might possibly turn the country over to far right radicals in a way that seemed impossible six months ago.

Nice guy, suffered from Depression. Had some electroconvulsive shock therapy. Got picked to be George McGovern's VP. Lasted about 2 weeks before the news came out and he was replaced.

Sarah Palin will end up as a footnote in the history books.