Ooh, now we know how to get under his skin. New theme for the 527s: McCain lies, lies, lies. Keep poking him with that stick until he blows up.

It was barely concealed contempt. I don't want this man in the White House.

McCain isn't responsible for all the lying done by his campaign. That lying is above his pay grade.

Remember campaigning is a tough business.

If he wants to know why he is losing, it is in large measure because his reputation as a truth teller is in shambles.

Has anybody else noticed that Obama's poll numbers are all around 50-51% but McCain's are fluctuating between 41-46%?

The new Quinnipac numbers are breathtaking.

Those Quinnipiac polls seem to be the last straw for RealClearPolitics. With no toss-up states they are giving FL, OH, NC and VA to Obama in a 348-190 landslide.

She's a holy roller who probably frowns on alcohol use. She didn't come up with the Joe Sixpack bullshit herself; that ancient political cliche had to have been programmed into her by her handlers.

Why do interviewers always seem to back off when liars push back, as in "He DID, and I can provide documentation! It's on my website!" Obama didn't want to teach sex to kindergartners, I've read the legislation myself, so it can't be on McCain's website. Politifact.com dissects that whole ad and calls it a pants on fire lie, also explains the parts that pertain to younger kids.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2008/sep/11/kindergarten-sex-ed-hardly/

It drives me nuts that the people who get to interview him are unprepared when they confront him over his lies. Would it really be too tough to plan ahead and have the details printed out in front of you regarding each topic or claim that he's lied about? Would it really have been too hard to say, "All right, Senator, if the details are on your website let's get online and go through them together - and we'll also open someone like factcheck.org alongside it and see what they say."

It's pathetic - confront him with the specifics and don't be cowed by his arrogance or history.

Because I've always had 100% absolute truth

Well, that's kind of the thing with liars... they'll always say they're telling the truth.

It's the Biographical Big Lie!

Tell it, repeat it and repeat it and repeat it...

Seems to work...

I'm seeing a landslide coming, look out.

Someone should send flowers and chocolates to that brave reporter who kept pressing McCain on his lies even when he got mad.

The Q-pac polls are a SEISMIC SHIFT. Florida, Pennsylvania, and Ohio are among the oldest demographics in the nation. McCain had been doing very well among elderly voters, certainly until the debate. Obama, by being STRATEGICALLY smart, didn't rise to McCain's TACTICAL bait, and was thoughtful and respectful. Old folks like that.

Then on Monday, the old folks - like the rest of us - saw their retirement funds shrink. They've seen McCain running around like a chicken with his head cut off. They don't like that. They blame Bush and McCain for the mess. Not Obama.

The key question here is what will happen when some sort of package is passed and things get back to normal. How many of the old folks will drift back to McCain?

He lied to defend his lying behavior. Illuminating!

I really don't know how he is going to govern if he wins this election given the collapse of public trust in Washington. I also don't know what will be left of his political career if he loses this election.

Given that pretty much everyone is calling Missouri safe for McCain, it is odd that both Michelle Obama and McCain are holding rallies there. Is it possible that the campaigns' respective polls are showing the State as in play?

These numbers are amazing. God I hope they hold, and that they are accurate.

I'm trying not to get too excited, but if I'm a McNoShame supporter, then I'm worried. We're in a good spot.

And, on a side note, as a beer drinker I am offended by Palin's remarks.

Should we take it that the Des Moines Register won't be endorsing McCain?
Heeheehee..........

I don't think McCain comes off that badly on the "lying" clip. The interveiwers dropped the ball and should have pressed a lot harder. They should have had the facts on that childhood sex bill (it was about sexual predators, not teaching kids how to shag) and they should have hit him on his lying about Obama raising taxes. They let him off the hook and a lot of viewers will see McCain coming off as strong and assertive.

A couple of McCain's comments to the Des Moines Register have me cringing.

First, as part of his response to the issue of Palin's level of experience and limited exposure to the media, McCain said: "some people that know that Franklin Delano Roosevelt didn't address the American poeple on television". Help me here please -- didn't FDR speak on the radio because few if any Americans had TVs back in 1944? Was TV even around then?

Second, when talking about the failure of the economic bill to pass the House, McCain said: "if I were dictator, which I always aspire to be...". WTF?

"It is difficult to find a modern competitive presidential race that has swung so dramatically, so quickly and so sharply this late in the campaign. In the last 20 days, Sen. Barack Obama has gone from seven points down to eight points up in Florida, while widening his leads to eight points in Ohio and 15 points in Pennsylvania," said Peter Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute.

Someone call the punditocracy, and tell them Obama is closing the deal.

The CNN poll is out later today.

... And an assertion that I've ever done otherwise, I take strong exception to. ...

Your objection is duly noted Senator Two-Face. ;-)

There's still a lot of campaign remaining, including more debates. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. The campaign has to keep the pressure on and not let up. That said, it's better to see the trend of polls we've been seeing than the other way around.

SENIORS! SENIORS! SENIORS SHIFTING TO OBAMA!!!
The Q-Pac polls from Florida, Pennsylvania, and Ohio measure three of the demographically oldest states in the union.

These are children of the Depression, and when they saw their retirement accounts shrink on Monday after reading about the biggest bank failure since the Depression, well.....

Certainly there is a possibility the Q-Pac poll may be an outlier...but there are three of them from three states. And if other polls taken soon back them up, then McCain and his people will be able to answer the old "boxers or briefs" question with the response, "Depends."

These number already have them soiling their pants.

The real question here is what happens when things quiet down and a bailout package is finally passed. How many of these 401-Konverts will go back to McCain?