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From The Room: Bashful in Nashville

October 10, 2008 - You'd think that the two remaining presidential division heavyweights squaring off on national TV would produce a modicum of action. You know, a knockdown, busted nose; maybe a rabbit punch to the back of the head or a chunk of an ear spit through the ropes into Tom Brokaw...

23/6 Video: Watch: The Second Presidential Debate- In a Minute

October 8, 2008 - Oh man, how will this debate recap affect undecided voters? Also check out: The Vice-Presidential Debate In a Minute The First Presiden...

Senile x (hot head/Ayers) + 700 billion = McCain lost

October 8, 2008 - The results are in, and according to all reasonable sources, Sen. Barack Obama ran roughshod over Sen. John McCain in last night's presidential debate. But what does it mean for a candidate to...

Obama-Biden now 3 for 3
and going for a shutout

October 8, 2008 - Obama-Biden have won three out of three debates. First came the Foreign Policy debate, supposedly McCain's strong suit. Next came the VP debate, in which expectations for Palin were so low that folks were ready to give her a win ju...

From The Room: McCain Discovers He's Actually Not Good at Town Hall Debates

October 8, 2008 - Tuesday's debate looked like a rerun of the first debate, except this time they were walking as they were talking. After standing in the first debate and walking in the second debate, will they lay down on a recliner in the final debate? McCain did so much walking, I...

The Debate - What America Saw

October 8, 2008 - Everyone says the Town Hall format is McCain's specialty. After watching him dotter around the stage for 90 minutes looking like he should have a note pinned to his chest, we're thinking McCain should demand from now on that he be allowed to conduct all his debates from...

From The Room: The Morning After

October 8, 2008 - Where can I get meds for post-debate depression? Are there behavior modification techniques for those of us now chronically cranky because we've been frightened that dirty political maneuvers could, however unlikely, put us in the hands of John McCain and Sarah Palin? I could phrase it "a John...

McCain finally stops calling for Obama to join him in a series of "town hall" meetings

October 8, 2008 - After John McCain's longed-for townhall debate came to an end, we were left with two conclusions. One, Barack Obama did McCain a favor by not participating in more of these "town hall" discussions...

From The Room: Zen and the Art of Campaign Cycle Maintenance

October 8, 2008 - At the end of the town hall debate (which had all the warmth of a night at the morgue), Tom Brokaw asked the "Zen-like question" he received online: "What don't you know and when will you learn it?" No doubt the questioner thought this would spark profound ruminations...

From The Room: Not a Whole Lot of "Town," and Other Debate Reactions

October 8, 2008 - Well, for a town-hall meeting, I sure didn't see a whole lot of "town." A couple dozen of over-lit, underwhelmed people got free tickets. As a comic, I have to say, that really looked like a tough house. Not sure what the much-ballyhooed format does for...

From The Room: McCain Wanders Off Debate Stage and Into Undergraduate Physics Lecture

October 8, 2008 - Nashville, TN - About 40 minutes into Tuesday night's debate between presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain at Belmont University, Senator McCain wandered off the stage and exited the auditorium. He wound up in a physics classroom, located in the same building, where he...

From The Room: Tid-Bits Gleaned from Tonight's Presidential Debate

October 7, 2008 - Obama: I have to correct Senator McCain's statement, just a little bit, not surprisingly. Because he's a dummy. And a liar. A dumb, lying, dummy. With respect, of course, to you, Senator. McCain: I wrote a letter in my clubhouse. Senator Obama's name is not on our...

Ahem, Senator McCain... Barack Obama is "The One," not "That one"

October 8, 2008 - During last night's debate, John McCain referred to Barack Obama as "that one." That one what? Can we skip the next debate and hold the election the first Tuesday of next week? It's tim...

The first post "maverick" Presidential Debate Drinking Game

October 7, 2008 - Last Saturday, Tiny Fey gave a nod to the Veep debate drinking game ("maverick"), which means that "maverick" and its ilk have jumped the shark as drinking words. We, as voters and alcoholics, must move on. Change, if you will. So tonight, there will be no imbibing on "maverick," "reform...

From The Room: Sarah Palin's Debate Advice to John McCain Leaked to Press

October 7, 2008 - ...