The Seattle Times Company This was once supposed to be a presidential election about the war in Iraq, or maybe the future of health care. By JULIE PACE Associated Press Writer LAS VEGAS ? This was once supposed to be a presidential election about the war in Iraq, or maybe the future of health care. [...]
Archive for October 16th, 2008
16 Oct
THE EDGE: 5 short takes on the debates
The Seattle Times Company Four debates, 61,000 words, plenty of spin, sighs, smirks and grimaces, one plumber. What to take away from the three debates between Barack Obama and John McCain and the single faceoff between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin? Five AP reporters help sort it all out. WASHINGTON – Four debates, 61,000 words, [...]
16 Oct
Correction: Debate Fact Check story
The Seattle Times Company In an Oct. 15 story fact-checking the presidential candidates’ debate, The Associated Press incorrectly reported that presidential candidate Barack Obama overstated the proportion of American households that would see tax cuts under his economic plan. WASHINGTON In an Oct. 15 story fact-checking the presidential candidates’ debate, The Associated Press incorrectly reported [...]
16 Oct
‘Joe the Plumber’ says he has no plumbing license
By JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 19 minutes ago HOLLAND, Ohio – Joe the Plumber said Thursday he doesn’t have a license and doesn’t need one. Joe Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber, the nickname Republican John McCain bestowed on him during Wednesday’s presidential debate, said he works for a small plumbing [...]
16 Oct
It’s not even close
By Scot Lehigh Globe Columnist / October 16, 2008 JOHN MCCAIN came into the final presidential debate needing a game-changer, a Ronald Reagan moment, a Jerry Ford-like blunder by Barack Obama, something – anything – that would reverse the strengthening tide now running hard against him. He didn’t get it. Not even close. To be [...]
16 Oct
Scattershot McCain
GLOBE EDITORIAL October 16, 2008 JOHN MCCAIN’S fiery performance in the final presidential debate last night may have given a lift to some despondent supporters who have watched the election getting away from them. But it is less clear that McCain’s buckshot approach hit its target. McCain was supposed to be facing Senator Barack Obama, [...]
16 Oct
Obama Three for Three: Short Takes on the Final Presidential Debate
AlterNet. Posted October 16, 2008. AlterNet’s Don Hazen, Liliana Segura, and Steven Rosenfeld on the debate, along with Jane Hamsher and Katrina Vanden Heuvel. Don Hazen: On the day that the Dow went down 733 points — the most ever in a single day — after going up almost a 1,000 the day before [...]
16 Oct
‘Joe the Plumber’ Becomes a Fixture
By Joel Achenbach Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, October 16, 2008; Page A05 The American myth of the Ordinary Joe became a real living person from Toledo, Ohio, last night, when “Joe the Plumber” kept popping up in the final presidential debate between Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain. McCain wasted little time in mentioning [...]
16 Oct
What Joe the Plumber Can’t Fix
By E. J. Dionne Jr. Thursday, October 16, 2008; Washington Post The moment of truth in last night’s debate came when Bob Schieffer asked the candidates if they would be willing to repeat, face to face, some of the personal charges they have made against each other in their ads and on the trail. At [...]
