It was a good night for That One and John McCain seems desperate for friends. Has the Republican Party run out of ideas?
On GRITtv we take a look at the policy differences between the candidates after debate number two, with Andrea Batista Schlesinger of the Drum Major Institute for Public Policy; Rosa Clemente, Vice Presidential candidate for the Green Party; Nate Lowentheil of the Roosevelt Institution - the nation's first student think tank; and political consultant Dan Gerstein.
For Democrats, is there danger in too much confidence?
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Though all polls show Obama winning last night’s debate Fox news has come up with its own poll:
86% say McCain won and 12% say Obama. Go figure.
By Anonymous on October 8th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
yes Fox. We report. We decide – for you.
By nightbird on October 8th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
i would also note that Afghanistan is where empires go to die….
By nightbird on October 8th, 2008 at 12:45 pm