Live Blogging the Debate Thread #1

Obama Strategy: Obama should be the bigger man. The adult in the race. He’ll rise about the petty campaign craziness and avoid being baited into bickering about some narrowly framed policy question. If Hillary goes into freak-out mode just look into the camera and give the “WTF?” shoulder shrug or the “poor thing” head shake.

Clinton Strategy: The McCain campaign proxy needs to whip out her nun chucks tonight. Beating and beating and beating Obama until the audience is desensitized to her animalistic rage. I mean, she probably knows by now that it is all over – so why not burn down the auditorium?

75 Comments

  1. Pandora

    Is it okay to admit I’m nervous? You know, cornered animal and all.

  2. With apologies to the women who read this blog, Hillary Clinton has only two routes to take: be diplomatic in her attacks or come off as a shrill nagging wife/girlfriend. I don’t think there is any in betweens.

    Jason, I think your spot on about how Barack Obama needs and probably will handle himself.

  3. Juan Valdez

    Lou Dobbs hates Mexican people.

  4. Gee, what question would Lou Dobbs ask?

  5. Pandora

    At least she’s not wearing her bumble bee jacket.

  6. What about Sam Houston and Daniel Boone?

  7. Hillary has been telling us about how much she is a Texan. LOL

  8. Nice line. Okay to discriminate against sick people

  9. Pandora

    Remind me again… what is her experience?

  10. If you have to ask, you’ll never understand.

  11. How is Clinton going to squirm around NAFTA?

  12. Rush Limbaugh is thinking: That red commie tie!!

  13. Rush Limbaugh thinking? Isn’t that an oxymoron?

  14. Pandora

    The tie is more cranberry… so Rush is now questioning his sexuality.

  15. cassandra m

    Barbara Jordan should have been the first African American president….

  16. I want my Cuban cigars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  17. Are you willing to sit downw /castro Jr.?

    Will she pander to the Miami cubano’s?

    It seems so.

  18. Same ole same ole. She would keep the same stupid cuba policies that we’ve had for 50 year.

  19. cassandra m

    Leave No Montecristo Behind….

  20. Pandora

    Will she, or won’t she meet with Castro?

  21. No one Obama will ever say he will meet with Castro.

  22. Huh . . WTF . . straight talk from a politician

  23. Will Obama pander to the Miami Cubano’s?

    somewhat but not as much.

  24. Obama could have slammed her. He let her off a bit.

  25. Just look at Cuba vs. East Germany. Case closed.

  26. Yes, the US foreign policy with Cuba has been a total sham.

  27. Obama is left handed! My son will love that.

  28. Hillary’s talking out of her ass at this point. That was quick.

  29. Oh wingnuts just went ballistic because he said that we are not above all other countires.

  30. Fuck, my beer is almost empty. Are there going to be any commercials? LOL

  31. Wait, I might have to pay taxes now. I’m going over to the dark side.

  32. oy

    A scan of the convo leaves me littlle encouragement that the country has a decent shot at a decent president. Yikes

  33. They’re being quite civil. This is not going to work for Clinton.

  34. Pandora

    She’s trying so hard to look gracious.

  35. He’s supposed to be talking about how his economic policy differs from Clintons

  36. Why does Obama talk plainly and truthfully to America? What’s up with that?

  37. ugh, she’s pandering on a honest question

  38. Pandora

    She’s going to all this on day one? Wow!

  39. Looks like Obama has an issue: toys with lead paint! Woot.

  40. That gay military thing worked well for Bill right in the beginning.

  41. Won’t someone think of the children.

    Hace no alguien piensa en los niños.

  42. She scored some points on that economy answer.

  43. TPN

    Hillary’s kickin’ ass!

  44. She is doing a decent job for McCain tonight. (wink)

  45. Pandora

    I think Obama is getting to the heart of the immigration debate. The racism that lies beneath.

  46. Good on Obama for pointing out two issues with immigration that are rarely discussed

  47. The border fence. Red Meat for wingnuts coming up.

  48. cassandra m

    I am watching the stream that has some CNN focus group rating the debate in real time — the ratings go up on the red meat stuff, the applause stuff, but the wonkier stuff doesn’t move them much. It is interesting to watch…

  49. Everytime she raises her eyebrows, we all have to drink.

  50. Yeah, Berlin had a fence. That worked out pretty well.

  51. Joe C

    Pass the Dream Act

  52. cassandra m

    There is money in being able to do business in another language and not enough of our kids know that….

  53. Joe C

    HRC can’t get the attack to stick

  54. Joe C

    Obama’s Xerox machine vs. Hill’s Attack Machine

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