Bed time in Europe. I trust you all will follow the debate and leave a ton of insightful comments as usual.

Obama puts it away tonight.

All over but the whining from the right that it isn't fair that their Swift Boat Shit isn't working this year.

Another good news:
"The Republican National Committee is halting presidential ads in Wisconsin and Maine, turning its attention primarily to usually Republican states where GOP nominee John McCain shows signs of faltering" (AP).

Gives me more confidence in the intelligence and common sense of the American people.

The suspension was stupid. As Obama pointed out, a president should have been able to do two things at one time. And it didn't work either, which really hurt him.

But to the direct point of the question, I have to give McCainan F also. I'm following the race really closely and even I only have a vague idea what he's planning to fix the mess. Something about a capital gains tax cut (as if anyone has any capital gains these days) and, uh, well, that's all I can think of. He's been tone deaf to the whole economic crisis and to the mood of the country in general. Ayers my ass. Who cares?!

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/10/15/obama_responds_to_report_on_ja.html

Thank you Jesse for swinging FL back to McCain. :(

Why don't people learn to Shut The Fuck Up in the last month or two of a campaign? There are going to be people out there like Taheri who will happily push it hard.

For info on the hack that Taheri is:

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Amir_Taheri

Not that I doubt Jesse said all of this.

Dems... we just can't help shooting ourselves in the foot.

John

This is a race where one guy keeps saying he's an expert at what lies after the finish line, while simultaneously hobbling himself at every turn. It's just getting more and more pathetic.

mcShame NEEDS failure!

Nothing else will do!

Jesse isn't on Obama's side. But he's *far* from being on McCain's side.

Most people don't think Obama is a terrorist. Some do:

http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/10/al_jazeera_on_ohio_voters.php

Most people don't give a serious crap what Obama's policy on Israel will be. Some do, and comments including "Zionists who have controlled American policy for decades" will set off alarm bells in the heads of those who had concerns that Obama doesn't support Israel enough.

Obama's message in Florida has been sinking in very well in the past few weeks. If something doesn't slow it down, that state will go the way PA and MI have gone - strongly to Obama by the end.

This is something that has the potential to play poorly to a chunk of the voters who can swing in both directions. The McCain camp already saw this, are making hay with it, and no doubt it's getting added to every canvasing, soft media and push polling item they will be aiming at the Jewish community in FL (and elsewhere) from here to 11/4.

Perhaps Jesse doesn't want to see Obama win a landslide. More likely, Jesse just can't shut the fuck up when a mic is infront of him.

John

Allen at governmentality is live-blogging again for the final debate. And he's giving Powell's gift cards again for helpful comments.

http://www.governmentalityblog.com/

Maybe someone with some pull can convince McCain to suspend his campaign because of the DOW drop today and announce it at the debate.

I think this would be a real POWER move by McCain.

A nice sign before the debate, CNN has finally moved Virginia over to Obama's column, bringing their EV for him to 277. Nice little talking point to have floating out there as the CNN pundits talk about what McCain "needs to do" tonight.

How many times does McCain have to tell you simpletons that he knows how to fix the current problems with financial institutions and markets, my friends?

He knows how to do it, and he will do it, and he has not won and will not win any awards for his congeniality, my friends, he knows how to fix it!

I'm just embarassed at your inability to understand this comprehensive plan.