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Debate: concessions
Okay, Obama tags McCain for voting against renewable energy 23 times, which is fine. But in the process he concedes offshore drilling, he concedes nuclear, he concedes clean coal. Why play on your opponents’ ground? Over and over again, Obama starts out by conceding and then backing away. It comes off as defensive. Argh.
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Debate: fact-checking
Check out ThinkProgress for some pretty amazing real-time fact-checking of this debate. And more at washingtonpost.com, Factcheck.org and Politifact.com.
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McCain and Obama trade jabs on energy bill and Big Oil
More on the 2005 energy bill, which came up earlier in the debate. McCain said it was “festooned with Christmas tree ornaments,” and claimed that Obama’s vote for it shows his support of excessive pork spending. McCain implied that his own vote against it was a vote against giveaways to Big Oil. But at the […]
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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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McCain bashes bear earmark, though Palin asked for similar one for seals
John McCain called a $3 million federal earmark to study DNA of bears in Montana “criminal” (he’s criticized this particular earmark in the past, too). His running mate, however, asked for $3.2 million in federal funds to study the “genetics of harbor seals” earlier this year, among nearly $200-million worth of earmark requests. Bears? Criminal. […]
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McCain accuses Obama of not being pro-nuclear power
The candidates had a short back and forth on energy policy. Obama mentioned while he wants to “make sure we’re investing in energy … to solve this problem,” there “may be individual components we can’t do” because of a tighter budget. Then McCain talked up his own energy ideas: “We have to have offshore drilling […]
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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.
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Debate: McCain tags Obama for ’05 energy bill
McCain just nailed Obama on the 2005 energy bill, using it as an example of Obama’s support for excess pork spending. Ouch. Thing is, McCain didn’t really vote against the bill because it had pork in it. But Obama did vote for it because of the pork for ethanol and renewable energy. It’s a legitimate […]
