In the Rough - The Blog of Joel McDonald Jr.

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Last night in my initial blog post summarizing the debate, I mentioned how Obama countered McCain’s edginess with a coolness that aided him in the debate. After thinking about McCain’s behavior a bit more, I’m…

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Tonight’s presidential debate between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain once again left much to be desired. Neither the first presidential debate or the vice-presidential debate, provided any real moments where a candidate stood out far above their opponent. I suppose this is something that should…

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Obama campaign attempts Keating Five attack

This morning, Obama supporters received an e-mail from Barack Obama’s campaign manager, David Plouffe, introducing an online documentary that is supposed to show how McCain’s connection with the infamous Keating Five saga makes him partly responsible for the financial issues we are currently enduring.

Gilmore and Warner divide over bailout

Earlier, I wrote about how neither Obama nor McCain were taking any chances in making their support, or lack of support, for the $700+ billion bailout bill an election altering issue. With so much uncertainty about the US and world financial markets, they both seemed to walk the centrist line in order to limit possible damage to their campaigns.

Could the financial crisis determine the election?

With the Senate gearing up to take a vote on a revised bailout bill to rescue our ailing financial market, both Senator Obama and Senator McCain seem to be cautious of what they say and the stance they take in relation to one another. For the time being, both Obama and McCain are urging the passage of the $700 Billion bill. This seems contrary to the feud the House of Representatives are having over the failed passed of their bill earlier this week. Neither Obama or McCain seem willing to deviate from “center stage”,

Maureen Dowd of The New York Times shares Aaron Sorkin’s account of what a meeting between West Wing’s President Josiah (Jed) Bartlet and Senator Barack Obama would be like, and the advice Bartlet would give to the presidential candidate:

GET ANGRIER! Call them liars, because that’s what they are. Sarah Palin didn’t say “thanks but no thanks” to the Bridge to Nowhere. She just said “Thanks.” You were raised by a single mother on food stamps — where does a guy with eight houses who was legacied into Annapolis get off calling you an elitist? And by the way, if you do nothing else, take that word back. Elite is a good word, it means well above average. I’d ask them what their problem is with excellence.

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