Articles by David Roberts
David Roberts was a staff writer for Grist. You can follow him on Twitter, if you're into that sort of thing.
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Debate: contempt
McCain has not looked at Obama once. Not a single time. Obama keeps talking to him, trying to engage, and McCain won’t condescend to offer him a single glance. Don’t know how it will play, but it’s pretty astonishing.
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Debate: Very Serious spending cuts
Ugh. I hate this. Lehrer is pushing the Very Serious Pundit’s favorite point: cutting spending is a sign of Seriousness. What will you cut? What will you cut? Again: only new spending will get this economy going again. Obama should stop conceding this ridiculous point.
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Debate: climate change
McCain is the first to mention climate change. Of course it’s in the context of cheerleading nuclear power, but still …
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Debate: another spending hit
Ooh, and now he tagged Obama for ethanol subsidies. Another legitimate point! This is making me wince.