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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
CBS Poll: Uncommitted Voters Say Obama Won Debate — UPDATED CBS News and Knowledge Networks have, once again, conducted a nationally representative poll of uncommitted voters to get their immediate reaction to tonight's presidential debate. — And this new poll has good news for the Democratic ticket …
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Andy McCarthy / The Corner:
You Guys Are Nuts — We have a disaster here — which is what you should expect when you delegate a non-conservative to make the conservative (nay, the American) case. We can parse it eight ways to Sunday, but I think the commentary is missing the big picture.
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama won the night — NASHVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) — A national poll of debate watchers suggests that Barack Obama won the second presidential debate. — Fifty-four percent of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released 30 minutes after the end …
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
The Second Presidential Debate — Tonight's debate wasn't even close. Sen. Barack Obama ran away with it — particularly when speaking about the economy and health care. Talking about his mother's death from cancer was very powerful. On nearly every issue, Obama was more substantive …
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Live-Blogging Nashville — 10.33 pm. This was, I think, a mauling: a devastating and possibly electorally fatal debate for McCain. Even on Russia, he sounded a little out of it. I've watched a lot of debates and participated in many. I love debate and was trained as a boy in the British system to be a debater.
Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard:
Chris Matthews Post-Debate Drooling — This is not a parody: … Update: Olbermann keeps it classy: “McCain, and I'm trying to say this as nicely as possible, didn't look like a well man wandering around on that stage tonight.”
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Deacon / Power Line:
OBAMA EDGES CLOSER TO THE PRESIDENCY — I thought that Barack Obama won the “visuals” of tonight's debate. He looked younger and more vigorous, of course, but, in addition, John McCain did too much moving around. He seemed focused on addressing a “town hall,” as he has done so well over the years.
CNN:
Transcript of second McCain, Obama debate — NASHVILLE, Tennessee (CNN) — Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama debated in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday night. NBC's Tom Brokaw moderated the debate. Here is a transcript of that debate. — Brokaw: Good evening from Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Stephen Green / Pajamas Media:
Drunkblogging the McCain-Obama Bout — In the blue corner, it's Barack Obama. In the red corner, it's John McCain. Ready to document the blows with a martini in hand, it's Vodkapundit's Stephen Green. — 8:35PM Instant analysis? McCain won, but not by nearly enough to matter.
The Politico:
McCain proposes bailout for homeowners — Here are details of the plan Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) announced during Tuesday night's presidential debate “to keep families in their homes, avoid foreclosures, save failing neighborhoods, stabilize the housing market and attack the roots of our financial crisis”:
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Round Two Goes to Obama — John McCain had a very strong debate tonight. It's too bad for him that it came on a night when Barack Obama was nearly flawless. — The debate began with questions on the economy and for thirty minutes Obama answered those questions with the kind of substance …
Michelle Malkin:Liveblogging the town hall debate: Zzzzzzzz
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
[I doubt that] Obama wore an earpiece that was clearly visible on HDTV. — (Enlarge.) — ADDED: Scrolling around and looking in different frames, I don't see it. I think this picture creates an illusion of a clear plastic earpiece, but I can't see it in other frames.
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
GOP likes ‘that one’ too — A Republican official emails, on background:
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David Talbot / Salon:
The Palins' un-American activities — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd, at a rally in Vienna, Ohio, on Sept. 16, 2008. — “My government is my worst enemy. I'm going to fight them with any means at hand.” — This was former revolutionary terrorist Bill Ayers back in his old Weather Underground days, right?
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Mark Steyn / The Corner:
Signing Off — This reader out-Andies Andy: … Steady on. This next month is going to be a long month. Lots of things will happen. But McCain has to make some of them happen. His charge that Obama doesn't know the difference between “strategy” and “tactics” could equally well be leveled at his own campaign.
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Downturn in Decibels, Too — Neither candidate was selling morning in America. At times it seemed more like a competition to see who could paint the gloaming in the least unsettling hues. — Tuesday night's presidential debate was remarkable for the dourness of its mood …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Obama spokesman: Yes, he continued to work with Ayers after he found out about his past — Simple question from a surprisingly dogged Mark Halperin: Does Obama consider it appropriate to associate professionally with an unrepentant terrorist or not? No answer from Gibbs …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:Debate Live-Blog and Chat!
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Bob Cesca / The Huffington Post:
That One?! — They say that Senator McCain's strong suit is the town hall debate. If this was, in fact, Senator McCain's strength, he might as well go home. Sorry... homes. — While not as smirky as the first debate, Senator McCain was jittery, reptilian (the darting tongue), scattered and overall just plain creepy.
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Kate Howard / Tennessean.com:
Cindy McCain makes appearance at Children's Hospital — Cindy McCain said today that she expects her husband to clear the record at tonight's debate and let America know where he truly stands. — McCain, who stopped to visit a half-dozen children at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital …
Kevin D. Williamson / Media Blog:
L.A. Times Calls Governor Palin a ‘Monkey’ — Politics on the sports page, this time from the L.A. Times in a display that is remarkably vulgar even by the low standards of that dying joke of a broadsheet: … It's anybody's guess what the Angels have to do with Governor Palin …
RADAR:
SECRET SERVICE LOOKING INTO POTENTIAL THREAT AGAINST OBAMA — The Secret Service is following up on media reports today that someone in the crowd at a McCain/Palin event suggested killing Barack Obama, according to Secret Service spokesman Malcolm Wiley. The shout of “kill him” …
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