All of the 'mainstream' Republicans I know are now brainstorming to develop the path toward taking their party back from the Neo-cons. And despite my hardened heart after 8 years of "McBushonomics"; I truly feel for their predicament...much as I began to feel a year ago when I realized that the 'Democratic Mainstream' was going to have to get down in the muck with the Clinton Machine to try and take the Party back from the "Business as Usual" crowd.

The "Information Age" is now in full bloom. I am seeing 'regular folks' all over this Nation start to reach out to knowledge and understanding of each other and our shared situation in the world as a whole. The results are as amazing as they are tenuous right now; but this NATION is beginning to follow the right path. Back to hope as more than a 'slogan'; and 'committment' as more than a platitude. The more folks who get involved, the more we can change this world for the better.

The old truism STILL holds water; "We Must All Hang Together...Or Surely We Will All Hang Separately!!"

My Prayers and Hopes are with Barack Obama, as he trys valiantly to help ALL OF THE PEOPLE!!

MSM is trying there best to dig up some dirt on Obama
.....What a bunch of loosers....MSM will stop at nothing to derail the Obama train pulling into the station......Pathetic....

OMG!!! MOVE ON ALREADY!!!

The former radical Ayers, who committed these acts when Obama was EIGHT years old and living in Hawaii, is a far cry from the interactions McCain had with Keating when he was an ADULT and candidate for and a sitting member of Congress.

It appears if we give them both the benefit of the doubt, when each discovered the problems associated with these men, they both condemned the actions of these two people.

So what is the problem here?

I am 44 years old...I am not relating to this dust up about William Ayers - it seems to me, if he is that bad, why is he not in jail? Unfortunately for the American voting public, the McCain Campaign has been successful in turning- ever-so-slightly - the page to something that a good number of voters are not relating to...fortunately for us, tonight will turn another page and we will be back on topic....

Sideshow. Obama knows where the issues lie and what folks really want to hear. Let McCain do himself in.

i really don't see what ayers' past has to do with obama, he met him when he was a professor.  this is certainly a stretch.  the republicans have nothing, this is obvious.  so, is obama responsible for the background of everyone he has ever come into contact with while he's been working?? ridiculous.

Axelrod is right, the McCain campaign is deperately trying anything they can. To blatantly start slinging mud is disgraceful, but I am sure the American people will not buy it.

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This is going to be interesting tonight. I pray that the american public sees right through McPalin and his desperate jabs at this late date.  McCain is clueless about the Middle Class and only seems to care about what is good for McCain, not Good for the Country.  

This is the first campaign that I will actually work for and I'm 57.  My friends and neighbors will hear from me on this and I pray that all the young and new voters go to the polls.  If they do it will be a landslide for Obama/Biden

Just dont understand how the dullest tool in the shed is being used to stab at someone word have thought it would have been a sharp tool instead. But she is a TOOL.

Amazingly, the McCain Campaign needs to stop the mud and answer the other central question, "what is your medical plan and why does it include taxing my employer benefits?" and of course fighting back is an All American right, so good for Obama/Biden - but bad for McCain/Pailin.  

Just wait.  Tip of the spear will be called playing the race card by the McCain camp.

You heard it here first.

Why are we still discussing this?  Ayers?  Come on!!  This is NOT a story, never has been and never will be.  There's nothing there, but I'm sure the MSM will beat it to death like they did the Wright story.  Let's spend 2 or 3 weeks looking into the Keating Five, or Palins church, or her and her husbands ties to the AIP.  Where are those stories?

There are economic issues facing all of us, and this is what the McCain camp wants to talk about?

The McCain/Palin group lives in a very fragile glass house and for them to throw stones it is laughable. I personally have been on charity education boards and I do not know the history of everyone on those boards. The job was to help the children education opportunities. To try and paint Obama as a terroist because of their associatin is absurd!

Bring it on McBush you crusty old turd.

"I mean when he [Obama] came to Chicago, Ayers was advising Mayor Daley on school reform issues and that was his profile was that he was an expert on education issues."
so sarah and john i dare you to go after mayor daley!!!!

I truly pray that Obama keeps his cool.  If I were advising him, I would call the Ayers issue a distraction and then talk about the economy and the Bush failures.  Obama is the star. He needs to be clear and concise.  He must begin every answer with a five word MAXIMUM.  Then, and only then, can he begin his details.

OMG---MSM, Please DO NOT fall for this!!!!  OK now Senator Obama exactly when down to the exact hour, minute, then second did you find out Ayers was a radical from the sixties?!?!?   PUULEEEZE!?!?!  

WAKE UP----MSM, Palin, MCain----THE VOTERS DONT CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WTF difference does it make?  Palin herself told us to quit looking backwards.  Barack Obama has not committed a terrorist attack ever.  Nor has Michelle Obama.  Give it a REST.

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“We will protect the entitlement programs that Americans depend on -- above all Social Security,” Palin said today.  Hey Palin, Social Security is technically not an entitlement program.  Technically it is a ‘paygo’ program.  It has been dipped into for other uses; but the foundation of the program was not entitlement; just a little bit of trivia for someone seeking to be a heartbeat away.  Here’s another tip, currently employee portions of health insurance premiums are not taxed.  Many also have the option of setting aside Medical Expense and Dependent Care Expense Pre-Tax accounts.  Under McCain’s healthcare plan those premiums would be taxed.  If you make $1000 every two weeks and your portion of health care is $200:  1000-200=800 taxable income.  Under McCain’s plan 1000= taxable income (no pre-tax dollars).  That, my friends, is a tax increase!

PS.  His plan is also NOT budget neutral, as a tax credit REDUCES revenues that would otherwise be taxed.  Reducing revenues automatically has a budget impact.  Those darn facts just keep tripping up your talking points, I know.  Sarah, you’re in too far, you’re in WAY too deep!  Step away from the cue cards you were given today – THEY ARE FULL OF LIES.  Ignorance of the law does not make you any less a criminal.

I am now thinking of the scene in Ruthless People when the dumb guy is robbing Bozo (Judd Reinhold).  All of the police have them surrounded; but they are in hidden.  The dumb guy takes the bag and the cops shoot near him.  Dumb guy, “did you just shoot at me?” Reinhold, “no the cops did they are all over the place.” Dumb guy, “how did you shoot at me without a gun.”  Reinhold, “you’re too smart for me, I don’t have one.”  This goes on for 2-3 more bits before one of the cops says, “This could very well be the stupidest man on the face of the earth.”  To which the other cop says, “you want me to shoot him?”  It’s a funny bit.  It would be funnier if this weren’t our country and our futures riding on it.

I wonder what sorts of people have been on charity boards with Cindy McCain?  Would she accept responsibility for every act of every person on an advisory board with her?  Would *they* accept responsibility for *her* drug abuse and theft?  

Probably not.

Let's use sensible measures to compare these candidates.  The only reason for this Ayers fear-mongering is desperation by the McCain campaign.

Yep leave it to the press to keep fueling Palins hate mongering.  Considering the McCain campaign has treated you like sh@@...you give them a free walk.  Stupid is as stupid does.  Hey why not ask Palin when it was that her husband joined the secessionist group in Alaska.  And ask her what the last time it was that she attended a meeting ...telling them to "keep up the good work".  Now come on...fair is fair.  If I was Obama I wouldnt answer them..do a Sarah Palin.  Heck the repubs get away with it...and if these reporters had any brains they would know Obama has already answered this.  Get a life.  Why dont thereporters ask about the economy....

I'm surprised Axelrod didn't tell us that Obama never knew until after his campaign started. Remember, he never heard Wright say all those things. On Rezko's convictin, "not the Tony I knew."  blah, blah, blah.  You're a liar, Obama. You've propogated relationships with shady, radical, extremists your entire life.  Tell the true about Ayers. Tell how you disbursed that $60 mil for Ayers. Supposed to be for "school reform" but instead it went to left wing extremists groups like ACORN to radicalize children.  Go back to Chicago.

I'm finally getting my republican boyfriend to watch the debate tonight! I hope Obama can help me change his mind about McCain!

A young man gets to chair a board - he takes it. He does not ask if other members are ex felons. The law has taken care of that (not Obama's fault the guy was never convicted of anything). Look I go for agoogle interview I do not ask about hte past of those I will work with. When I get there and find out something in the past of those I work with I keep things professional until I move on. If I am asked about what they did I speak my mind frankly and move on. Now Keating 5 and the SNL and McCain supressing regulations for a friend and donor in a corruption case - that's another story.

Hey Reporters... did you notice the Dow dropped another 500 points. How about pressin' Obama on what he plans to do about it.

Sorry John, but this thing is over.  You've already lost this election, so rather than throwing out every piece of political vitriol perhaps you should spare your own dignity.

The kitchen sink didn't work for Senator Clinton, it won't work for you either.  America wants nothing to to with your brand of politics. Pack it in and call it a day John.  Barack Obama has already won the vote of America.

This is all so ridiculous. WHO CARES about any of this????   Although I am glad that the Obama campaign is punching back and not rolling over like the Kerry campaign did.  My guess is that John and Sarah aren't ready for all the worms that come flying out of this particular can!  

Just stay focused on the issue Barrack. Remember to remind voters of your health care plans and economic plans. Palin is trying desperately to divert attention and lie about those plans.

I'd really like to see a Barrack who is civilized yet no push over. Please stop agreeing with him for the sake of being polite. He is never going to take the high road. Remember this is his last chance to change things. Remain consistent, remain strong, keep pounding on the issues of the day and plan for the future. That ought to take it home.

Good luck and God bless Barrack.

Obama knows a former radical whose crimes were committed 40 years ago, when he was 8.  McCain is a former radical whose actions personally cost taxpayers 3.4Billion in S&L bailout of Lincoln Savings and he did this when he was 58 years old.  That's not just bad business, it's bad character.

The question now, “Does McCain know the difference between a tactic and a strategy?”  He has an underwhelming grasp of the pulse of this country.  He has shown up DAYS late and Pork Dollars short on almost every single crisis or News Cycle shift.  As an entire campaign, the reflexes are so atrophied or delayed that I can’t imagine what the government would look like under this Administration.  Probably they’d be telling us to ‘buy long and sell short’.  Isn’t anyone giving the emperor some straight poop about his nakedness?

This election is absolutely about judgment.  Obama has shown impeccable judgment.  McCain was censured by his ‘brethren’ in the Senate at the age of 58 for his LACK of Judgment.  That should mean something to all of us.

the fact that mccain's supporters are screaming that obama is a terrorist and to kill him should show mccain and palin just how serious their actions are. they should be ASHAMED of deceiving these obviously simple-minded people, and they should take their positions a little more seriously and be truthful.

I don't care about William Ayers.  I care about the economy.  I care about the war in Iraq.  I care about health care.  I'm not stupid.  I cannot be distracted from the important issues.  Give me solutions not gossip.

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