Does destiny mean anything to anybody? If not, it will.

It is Obama's destiny to be President.

A little advice to McCain - you will not win this debate or the election in November if you continue to ignore the "reality" of what is going on in America. You can make the huge mistake of trying to paint the Obama/Biden ticket as something it's not, but in the end that will only hurt you and your "heels on, gloves off" running-mate. America is tired of the negative games Republicans play. Why? Because this election not about you, your running-mate, Biden or Obama. It is about our country and the planet's future. Unfortunately, you and the whole McCain campaign - just don't get it!

OBAMA/BIDEN '08

Tyrone Brown
Proud Obamacrat
Seattle, WA

McPalin will show nothing but hatred and anger. He will attack with lies and try to make Americans afraid of Obama. Try and listen for one positive point, one example of his ideas, one thing he will do in office and you will not hear it. Only attacks, negative statements and trying to break down the person he is running against. Is this really what we need to turn America around? Really? Be serious and objective and ask if this is the type of man, the type of politics that we really need at this point.

So I wonder how many times tonight will McBush use GOP buzzwords like "Dangerous", "Radical", and "inexperienced" when referrring to Barack Obama.

Newsflash to the GOP
Attacking Barack Obama, will not help turn the economy around, lower gas prices,or help us win the war in Iraq.

Nice job, there, Damien LaVera! Already, you have made comments that go against your candidate's abilities. I think you are seriously underestimating your party's standard-bearer, Barack Obama.

I think that both are going to do fine in this format. However, it will be interesting to see if they can answer tough, direct questions from the audience and from the online audience. If I were there, I'd do simply that. We are crying for direct specifics to very difficult issues that impact America. I hope that both deliver that and not just "spin" talk!

"McBush" - typical, ignorant, Obama supporter….

And the April fool!

McCain looked so mad in the last debate. Maybe tonight he will finally blow his temper. Although he is sure to have a lot of fans in Tennessee,
I don't think that is going to help him against Obama - clearly the best choice!

I truly believe Mccain is going to win this election, regardless what the polls say. 1. The Electoral College System is being used as the source of the current polls, isn't the Electoral College System to be used only on election date? 2. Mccain person that myself and many other relate and trust. Drive down the road of California and see all the support he has, yet polls say California is for Obama. Those polls don't speak for me and many other that I have spoken to.

Thank you,

Robert Juarez

I'm not clear why this is being touted!! Who cares! It will be a short-lived title!

McCain is the Undisputed Champion of Lying….

As we learned with Palin, it's all about setting the bar. Her bar was low enough that she managed to get over it while still groveling on her belly. The Democrats are trying to ensure that McCain at least has to step over his bar.

Ahhh…..nothing beats pre-debate spin!

McCain will implode tonight. High stress, blood pressure, no ideas, only lies and attacks. It will be fun to watch the old man get pissed, say stupid things and hand the election to Obama. McCain put the election in Palin's hands. He has been out of sight, she has resorted to false attacks and this is the plan and objective for someone who wants to be president. Good Luck!

John McCain will go on the attack tonight and that will put the final nail in his coffin. We are sick of bickering and name-calling and that's all McCain has left. He has no idea how to fix the economic crisis (he can't even figure out his stance on the bailout), no end in sight for the war in Iraq, a plan that benefits NO ONE but the insurance companies for health care, he has yet to state a position on the mortgage crisis, all of this and I haven't even mentioned his running mate yet!!

Good-bye John. At least you'll have plenty of nice homes to retire to….and I'm sure Sarah Palin will end up like Kaiser Solzie in The Usual Suspects…"after this, I'm sure you'll never hear from her again"

WOWWOW is lame haha

these debates are too formated now … Even Sarah Palin, giving a few days to prepare, can do the job …

Probably you could be as good if you are talented a little bit …

Obama has a perfect campaing so far, he's intelligent, didnt felt in any of the numerous traps Reps throws at him …

He will win …

"Do not count your chickens before they hatch". A major surprsise may be what everyone gets. McCain may be the 'undisputed champion", but Obama is a much better speaker and communicator.

Champ? He'll be a pushover. He's got the charisma of a pig with lipstick.

He's a master of the Town Hall meeting when on his own, but what about when his opponenet can answer his ludicrous claims?
Remains to be seen.

McCain is no champion of anything but himself.

Mccain is a thing of the past, let's start forgetting him

I am an independent now supporting Obama. The republican ticket has not offer any viable plan different from Bushe's plan. I want to hear McCain tonight. A tie is an Obama win. The guy is smart he can handle it. Sen Obama has being exceptional in these debate which were suppose to be McCain strongest point. I just can't take that old man serious.

He may be considered the undisputable champion when it comes to town hall debates … but most champions try to leave the ring with a big win. McCain doesn't have a chance of winning this election cycle … his "champion" days are over.

Maybe Senator McCain will use this opportunity to prove to me that he really cares about my financial situation. I hope that he will make that effort. But, if he chooses to focus on the Bush/McCain War in Iraq or his "Surge", then I really just do not care. We have wasted more than enough lives and treasure in Iraq. And, if Senator McCain uses the debate just to dump more dirt or talk about something that happened 40 years ago, then his message to me is that he does not care about my loss of retirement income or that I may loose my job. I want him to talk about things that really matter. Iraq really does not matter, the past conduct of Obama's supporters does not matter, the Surge does not matter. My financial situation and my grandchildren's future is what matters to me. Obama understands that. I hope McCain will evidence that he also understands and cares.

PALIN

THE

CARIBOU

BROOD

MARE !

"UNDISPUTED CHAMPION" in his own mind. When November 4, 2008 gets here there will be a lot of sad repiglicans saying what coulda, shoulda and woulda been. LMAO!!!!

All you repiglicans know you want to jump ship. There is plenty of room on the OBAMA EXPRESS. Get on board with the WINNING TEAM!!!

OBAMA/BIDEN 08-12

Lets have a debate in a democratic city instead of a republican stronghold and see where everyone stands. Choose somewhere in the middle how about a purple state?

How can every one not be tired of John McCain and his idea's. He once said Jerry Falwell was an agent of intolerance. John McCain has sold his ideals, his priciples down the river, just to gain power. Absolute power absolutely corrupts, Goerge Bush turned the presidency into absolute power and has not only corruptted himself but John McCain as well for his desire for it.
John McCain has been to far removed from the needs of Americans, the people in poverty, the 43 million without health care, hoiw can a guy like that understand what middle America is going through. I'm not saying he's elitest, I might even like him if he was, I'm saying he's out of touch.

In their negative deep dive, the McCain-Palin campaign hammered Obama for supposedly saying our troops in Afghanistan are just "air raiding villages and killing civilians."

The Washington Times reports that John McCain himself once said something remarkably similar in 2000, he said because of tactical decisions U.S. troops were put in the position of killing civilians in Kosovo. Further, McCain called the Clinton strategy in Kosovo "obscene" because it forced troops into using tactics that meant civilians were going to get killed. "In the most obscene chapter in recent American history is the conduct of the Kosovo conflict when the president of the United States refused to prepare for ground operations, refused to have air power used effectively because he wanted them flying — he had them flying at 15,000 feet where they killed innocent civilians because they were dropping bombs from such — in high altitude."

Palin said Obama should be "disqualified" for his remark about Afghanistan - she should hold her running mate to the same standard.

wHAT EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MCCAIN STILL LOOKS AND SMELLS LIKE AN OLD SHEET OF PORK SKIN NO MATTER WHAT STAGE YOU PUT HIM ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND JUST BECAUSE CNN CALLS HIM THE CHAMP TELLS THE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF VOTERS WHO IS VOTING FOR OBAMA THAT THEY'RE PORK SKINS AND OLD ALSO!!!!!!! SEE ALL OF YA NOVEMBER 4TH!!!!

hmmmm….i'm pretty sure obama's got this debate and this election in the bag!
Paul '12

Google Vietnam Veterans Against John McCain if you want to know about the real John "Songbird" McCain.

Check out you tube "Burning Down the House: What caused our economic crisis? And decide for yourselves

So? McCain's "experience" has no bearing on how much of a sleazball he is.

I don't know where CNN got this picture but Sen McCain looks tired and old. Go Obama/Biden

Obama, beat McCain's as-. If I have to hear about his time as a POW, I am going to throw up!

Answer the questions McCain, not talk about being a hero. Champion the American cause, get out of the race. Concede to Obama!

Wait and run in the next election, four years, oops! You will be 76!

McSame has looked erratic over the past 2 weeks in a real crisi that faces America. Just like Bush after 9/11 he wants to distract the American people from the real problem at hand…fool me once!

RCP, PA average = Solid Obama +11.0 (he has no shot here)

McCain has become the type of politician he hated in 2000 (Bush/Rove). If times weren't so serious, it would be comical how much McCain is willing to do to top his daddy by becoming president.

He may do well in town hall meetings but he has no substance that Americans are looking for. Eight is enough.

If I didn't know better I might be worried.

McCain/Palin ticket is spreading too much hate. I am a 36 year old half Japanese and half black. For the first time in my life, I am scared how I will be treated because of my ethnicity. This is a result of watching all of the radical behavior of the McCain/Palin followers. If they win this debate, I do not believe we minorities will be treated fairly as American's. I was raised to respect diversity and differences. Agree to disagree.

McCain/Palin have a responsibility as "professionals" to correct their "follower's" when shouting out racial slurs, hatred and a recommendation to kill someone. This is hate in our face, and nobody is doing anything about it. Honestly, CNN, I AM SCARED FOR ALL MINORITIES AND ESPECIALLY FOR OBAMA..

As the media, you also have a responsibility to correct or address this hatred being demonstrated on your network. Not ALL American's feel this hatred or support this negativity. McCain/Palin are over the top and are horrifically seperating this nation.

John McCain would pay for his health plan by cutting Medicare and Medicaid. He is lying to the American people about his plans and programs. Flordia for Obama!!!

Okay, so this is not news CNN. Of course McShame does well in townhalls, because they're people who are fact checking a lot.

I hate McShame's demeanor and I hate the way he looks down on people. All this campaigning stuff is beneath him, he'd like to just pay for the priviledge of being the president and that's it.

His VP or should we call her Minnie Mouse Palin is a joke. So McShame has basically told the American people that he doesnt care about us or America. All he cares about is himself.

Good-be

No excuses. McCain was so wrong on so many issues (remember his enthusiasm in pushing us into Iraq aggression?), and McCain is so empty and so out of any reasonable program, that Obama MUST win this debate, town hall or not.

Obama/Biden 2008

Is the the turning point against Obama or the death of McCain?

The republicans are finding out about the October surprise, McCain isn't going to win.

I was a fervent supported of Hillary R. Clinton, and will always be. To say that I will not vote for Obama, would be a complete indiscretion. I may not necessarily think he was the best for the democrats and the country, but I certainly believe he is the best option of the two for president.

I don't think any setting, town hall or otherwise, will slow Obama's momentum. I think it is either get on board the Obama train, or be found laying on the tracks.

Full STEAM ahead and best of luck to both candidates.

So the question is, how many "undecideds" are there STILL, and of those how many will base their vote solely one one debate?

George W. Bush performed pretty dismally in 2004 ("Want some wood?" and "You forgot Poland! Don't forget about Poland") yet it didn't seem to hurt him.

The town hall may be McCain's milieu but Obama can be pretty "folksy". However I think that "folksy" isn't going to cut it. Given what people are worried about "Presidential" is more what they're looking for,.

I have seen McCain in his town hall meetings. When someone asks him a question that he can't answer and still look good, he changes the subject (ala Pailin). These town halls are filled with McCain supporters. This will not be the case tonight.

Of OUCRSE mCcains does well in his town halls
Just like BUSH Hand picked audiences fully screened and juiced up.

ANYONE could look great with a set-up like that.

BUT Like Bush, he will look stupid when the crowd doesn't applaud on cue like he is used to. I remember all of the awkward pauses Bush had with that silly smirk waiting for his canned applause that never came. He got EXTREMELY uncomfortable because of that.

In his own mind maybe, but compared to Barack Obama his oratory skills are just a meatless stew of innuendos, superlatives, allegations, and deception.

I expect McCain will do well. Despite his antics over the last couple weeks (beginning with selecting Palin) he does seem to have an actual platform that he will present to the nation. I'm hopeful he and Obama will stick to the issues and keep the mud-slinging to a minimum. There are serious issues at state in this country and around the world. We need to know where these men stand on the important topics… not Keating/Ayers.

In the last debate, McCain kept pausing and looking at the audience as if he was expecting applause, especially when he brought up his "maverick" thing. He looked lost without it.

When I grew up on the prairies a "maverick" was what they called an unbranded, roaming head of beef. Now when I hear the word I think of an old steer (sorry, John) with a cow trailing along behind, hoping to take his place at the head of the line.

I won't be surprised if McCain changes his tone and actually becomes 'friendly'. That is if his campaign actually does it's work and research.

But the big problem with that is that other than mud sling, he has nothing new to offer. And would be forced to debate Barrack on issues. He very well knows that if the discussion turns into economy - he is doomed.

No new ideas, his record of deregulation and his injecting politics into the bail out talks simply put him in a really bad corner.

It's okay for McCain to be the "champion" of town hall meetings. It's the economy that needs a champion and that McCain is not.

Neither candidate will actually answer the questions, as usual. They'll shoot off their pre-planned speeches on the general topic of the questions, not their specifics. It's sad that people support these two pure politicians. We really need the media to give some attention to the other candidates. This isn't America anymore if those alternative voices are going to be blocked so obviously by the corporate media.

Nope. Not going to happen. It's Obama 09. Time to turn out the lights on this one.

Well I hope he's good at something because he's not good at running a campaign.

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Obama/Biden, please don't let McCain/Biden lye their way into the White House. Just tell the truth and the truth will set you free.

And King of all Liars McBush the Magnificent. Yup dogon it , Ya Betcha

It's on like a pot of neck bones!

Get'em Obama!

YES WE CAN!

John McCain has become the politician that he hated back in 2000 (Bush/Rove).

He may be good at town hall meetings but he can't fly planes and is certainly not a maverick (drink) and certainly does not have viable solutions to issues for the average American. But if you are freakin' rich then vote McCain.

Yep, the debate is a republican dominated area so imagine the questions that will be fired at the candidates. Tenneesee is as red as it gets. Turning point, don't think so. Will McCain over talk his opponent as he did often in the first debate, sure. This will be his opportunity to put in digs of uncertainty on Obama. Not surprising. I suspect tonight will favor the "maverick" but next week will not. Of course, I could be totally surprised.

mr. W O W WO W, what have you been smoking?

Obama 08!

How the hell can you say 'Country First' and you pick Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska to run as your VP…Mr. McCain now you know this is simply a gimmick! I have to say that has been a huge mistake on your part…It shows lack of judgement to try to seem more like a maverick than a smart maverick….See you later Republican party!

Watch this space.
After tonight, its all over for McSame.
By Friday, the electoral map will be all Blue… Even here in Texas.

By the way, if you can, read 1 SAMUEL 16:7

McCain is getting too grouchy to do well this evening. Obama talks with his audiences all the time. I think he will do very well. Obama's healthcare plan and other plans will benefit more Americans.

McCain does not have anything new to offer. McCain deregulated the financial system. How did that one work out………. He has no clue.

I want a smart guy in the White House. We have had 8 years of the mediocre average joe guy. I don't want to have a beer with my President. Next……

Obama/Biden, please don't let McCain/Biden lye their way into the White House. Just tell the truth and the truth will set you free.

wowwow are you really this stupid? Well I guess so you appear to be voting re…thug…lican

Barack Obama will do superbly tonight, because, unlike McCain, there's some real SUBSTANCE to what he talks about, and people know it!

Obama lectures. McCain dialogues.

GO MCCAIN!!!

McCain/Palin 08

He may HAVE been the champ, but I think we're talking past tense here. I want to see him drop one of his bombs like infest U-Tube on a voter, and then see the look on his face when he realizes the camera was on him.

"Country First…" Linch a Conservative!

Let's face it… we are all $crewed either way.

Take a deep breath and hold on for dear life.

I think we all know the truth: Nothing McCain or Obama say tonight will really effect people's opinions at this point. There are so few out there who are truly undecided, and Obama's advantage in this election is getting bigger by the minute. I will be watching this debate, but only for entertainment purposes!

Gee I wonder if he will say "dog Gone" or "say it ain't so Joe" How about a few winks and talk about being a hockey dad. Oops got to go and check my stocks again. I wonder what else is on at 9pm tonight.

can we please block the comments that are in all caps and loaded with useless spaces and periods.

with that said, champion or not, it doesn't change that he lacks the substance for the debates.

CNN

I was the first to comment on this article. So why is my 4:15pm post are still "awaiting moderation."?

I will be very disappointed if this debate isn't at least 90% about economic issues.

I hope that ties of both candidates to Goldman Sachs are explored.

Methuselah McCain is going to look very old tonight.

So what -good in town hall format but will he have substance in his answers or just go off on a negative tirade about his opponent.

Regardless of how well McCain does, it doesn't change the fact that his campaign strategies of trashing, lying, and using fear tactics have been his main focus.

No matter what McCain does from this point on, McCain has already signed and sealed his fate-of-character to the people.

Once it has gone bad, it always will be bad, no matter how you try to cover it up.

The last debate will be in New York - a Democratic stronghold.

Obama does well in any format. I'm sure he'll do great tonight!!!

wowwow…yeah, that is called a delusion.

Actually, Nashville, and especially the surrounding suburbs of Franklin and Brentwood, are Democratic strongholds within the state of Tennessee. Al Gore, in fact is an allum of Vanderbuilt U (down the road from Belmont U). So, while the state of Tn, may be Republican, Nashville is not.

McCain is an old irrelevant codger who loves war and picked some airhead to be his running mate.

He needs alot more than Town Hall debating skills.

I thnk that McCain will be inundated by the questons that will come frmo the undecided voters. They want eral answers not palinplatitudes.

Real answers to real problems.

Obama wins.

youre saying one measily town debate can turn this catastrophe for mccain around? gimme a break

I think by continuing to claim McCain is "king of town hall" settings, they are setting expectations very high for him. I would venture to say he needs to hit it out of the park tonight in order to maintain any kind of chance, as the new polls show Obama not only gaining ground, but he is now viewed as the better candidate to handle the Iraq war( a subject John McCain held the lead on until today).

He's only champion of the town hall when he's surrounded by rabid supporters. Like dubya, who always made appearances with military backdrops or other like minded folks, McCain can't handle opposition well. And this style will not allow him to stick to stump-style, generic taling points. It's the ONLY reason Palin came out with no further damage — she was not asked follow ups or confronted in any way. McCain runs the risk of stumbling with his speech and using expressions like "HEH? HEH??" like he did when he expressed his pride for Palin's performance. He sounds like a stumbling grandpa. Like Grandpa Simpson. And he can't connect to voters the way Clinton did with the "I feel your pain" line. His wife walked on stage wearing more money than most people's homes were worth before this crisis. When he doesn't even know how many homes he has, and he has 13 cars, he has no idea the pain the rest of us are in. Face it — his time was in 2000. He has Rove to thank to abolishing those hopes. Don't take it out on us. Go home(s) McCain.

This is smart! They are raising expectations. I cannot watch this debate because John McCain's smears have caused me to lose all respect for him.

Let's see…since Palin's supporters are so proud of the fact that she didn't bumble much in the debate, and therefore 'won' the debate; if Obama can hold his own agains McCain in his stated best format of debate in a town filled with GOP supporters, what will that tell the people? It should show everyone that to be president, you must lead no matter where you are, because you represent everyone - red AND blue.

Nov 4th can't come sooner. This country is melting in it's own pot! I hope they have an honorable debate tonight. McCain and his constituents are angry! For what reason? I have never in my life seen so much hatred, bitterness, and downright meaness in the "American People". Other countries are looking to us for leadership and strength. Instead of America the Free , this is America the confused, broke and busted. We are all headed for destruction and chaos if we don't clean up our act from both parties. Every single one of us have some faults, but to take it to this level is despicable. Thank you for posting, CNN.

DOES NOT MATTER WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE STOCK MARKET/ECONOMY - THESE THINGS HAVE HAD TO HAPPEN…

I STRONGLY LIKED PALIN WHEN SHE SAID "GOD TOOK US TO IRAQ" TO PUNISH THESE SINNERS!!!

GO PALIN GO - GOD AND WE ARE WITH YOU - ONLY HE and no common man like OBAMA CAN SAVE US ….

VOTE PALIN (MCCAIN IS EXTINCT ANYWAY IN 2 YEARS)

Yes for sUre maccin is best in townhall meetings, But obama lies are now there out as POLLS shown BY CNN.

They mentioned “erratic” and desperate above, but failed to mention the keyword that really sums up McBush. The word is GAMBLER, McBush makes Archie Karas look like the Pope. McBush has my vote for the #1 political gambler of ALL-TIME.

Obama/Biden

Please be as rude as you were the last time, John Boy! People need to see what an unhinged hothead you are and why you should never be within a mile of the nuclear football…

It amazes me that all these debates never are in the big city but relatively in Republican dominated towns.

T H E,,,,,,,,,,,T U R N I N G,,,,,,,,,,,P O I N T,,,,,,,,,,,A G A I N S T,,,,,,,,O B A M A

Highten expectations. Standard fair.

Let's see if Senator McCain can detail a plan for getting us out of this mess. Any bets on him copying Senator Obama's plan?

LOL, He's copied everything else, except the dignity and intelligence that the Obama campaign has shown.

Undisputed champion of crap.

Democrats talking well about McCain? its not a complement all they doing is down playing obama in case it looks good during the debate they can claim victory.

See if you can talk about the issues and really the ECONOMY
That's what we care about.

Jocely

NY

Hey Obamabots, the campaign has not ended yet…Obama can still loose…

Hope you kick his butt tonight John!

Game over old man!

I know you won't print this, but anyway here it goes.
Obama needs to Call out McCain on the "Pallin around with Terrorist" thing from Palin; Point blank ask, John do you really believe as a US Senator, that loves this country with all my fiber; with everything it's given me and my family in life, that I truly agree with and Pal around with Terrorist? Point Blank!!!

With the way McCain's been acting of late, he should be in the Town Jail.

I am so sick of this "I am the underdog" lowering expections so I look like I am doing better garbage. Both parties are doing this junk and it is stupid. Why should I lower my expectations? You are vying for POTUS! You better dam* well to great! And that is to ALL Candidates! I am sick of these shenangins.

Town Hall isn't going to help him, he lost it when he chose Palin for his running mate…….he lost it when he stopped his campaign and wasnt' going to his debate and if that wasn't bad enough he lost it when he let Palin out on the campaign trail spewing her lies and remarks about Obama Palling around with terrorists……even if McCain did gain any points tonight in the debates, it won't be enough to catch up with Obama…….

Why does John McCain look so hateful and bitter. His demeanor is a turnoff as he appears so phony and out-of-touch. Everything he accuses Senator Obama of, he seems to fit and describes himself. He is also copying Obama on all the lines and issues that seem to be getting voter attention. Who is the real McCain? I think America has had a chance to view him for who he really is over the course of this campaign. He has abused his service to country and POW status to gain public office. He is know for his temperment…I think he is ready to blow…I hope he has a doctor close by.

Not today baby……I think at some point McCain will get flummoxed and begin to lose his cool……then it's all over. People are beginning to see the man for what he really is. I believe that he is running on the old "3rd times the charm" theory. Might have worked had he not chosen "mighty mouth" the you betcha, wink, wink queen as his running mate.

John take some time to relax and enjoy some of that money that you and your wife have. God knows that none of the rest of us have a to nickels to run together!!!!!!

We need a president that can do well in any meeting not just a town hall meeting……. The setting should not matter, if the setting matter, then there is a SERIOUS PROBLEM with McCain

I forgot…..I know how to win wars………………….

I would just like to ask each canidate one question

McCAIN: Do you intend on reaching out to the African Americans for their vote because in their eyes you and Palin you don't relate to them and their issues doesthere vote not matter to you? How many African American hockey, soccer, and Wal-mart moms and Joe 6 packs do you know?

OBAMA: Do you wish that you could take back the mudslinging that you have done just because McCain did it? Though I feel you should have defended yourself was there some other way besides stooping to his level? Two wrongs don't make a right and we have had enough of that to last us a life time from the previous 8 years.

I hope we do not hear about the cross on the sand, i was a pow, gov. palin is fantastic, my friends, fundamentally, maverick,……….please add to this list…………………………………………………………………………..

He may be undisputed champion of the partisan townhall, but tonight is going to be a different story.

I wish Obama was behind in the polls at this stage, so that we would see him actually go for the jugular, instead of just parrying McCain's blows.

I just hope McCain doesn't repeat the joke about the earmark money to fund the study of a bear's DNA. If I hear that joke one more time I'm going to get sick.

Sticking with the issues and not going negative has been the key to Senator Obama's success. The majority of voters appreciate a candidate who talks about our issues instead of using each and every opportunity to bash the other candidate. Our economy has never in my lifetime been this bad and so the last thing I need to hear from ANY candidate is negative attacks about the other.

Why do I feel like we will be traveling to Hanoi tonight?

How many times will we hear, "My friends"? I bet 15!!!!

Maverick Count tonight? 25

Barack Obama's proclamation last July to being a "citizen of the world" was affirmed Monday as a new poll — taken before the August conventions — showed that in 16 out of 17 countries surveyed he was the overwhelming choice to be the next president of the United States The lone country to prefer a John McCain presidency: the U.S. good for McCain is running for president of the united states of America not the president of the wold.

AMERICA IS ABOUT TO SEND MCCAIN BACK TO WHINE IN THE SENATE AND GIVE HIS DIMWITTED RUNNING MATE A ONE-WAY TICKET BACK TO MOOSE COUNTRY.

GOOD RIDDENS.

WHAT A SAD WAY TO BE REMEMBERED JOHNNY BOY!

Listen my FRIENDS, " I don't care if McCain is in a town hall, New York Time square, my living room, I don't like him, I don't trust him, and I don't care to hear his lies coming out his old old OLD MOUTH!

No way No McCain
No way No Pailn

Stop hypeing up the old angry senator, I don't like him!

I thought Mc CAIN and Palin would have wait a little while , make a truce in their attacks since Jill BIDEN lost her mother, and Joe had to stop campaigning but …it's the Reps …you know…

I'll be interested in seeing how well McCain does when the object of his lies is standing near him.

Barack has never been that good at debates. He was never good when competing with Hillary. I will vote for him regardless

What barrack Hussein obama and osama binladen have in common? They both have friends that have bombed the pentagon.

The problem with this "town hall" is that it will be watered down, with EVERY question having to be submitted to the moderator BEFORE the debate ever gets started.

So the moderator will only ask those questions that he wants to ask, I am afraid that it will be biased to Obama's favor. It will be more than likely designed so that McCain falls flat.

So what?

Why in the world would you want Obama to win, knowing he only has one car and one house? What the heck does he know? Loser!

McCain actually does do very well in the townhall format. So, I think Obama needs to be prepared to be more personable and attentive. He also needs to be more perceptive.

Think we will finally find out what "Country First" means?

Sad, sad, sad…

HA - that's because he doesn't mind standing face to face with someone and repeating lie after lie after lie.

If the truth ever comes out of McCain's mouth, I'll faint - and I've never fainted in my life.

BULL !!!!!!

I really don't think it's necessary for Dems to try to lower expectations for Obama tonight.

McCain has a great deal to answer for, and I want to see him squirm.

Sarah Palin is a jerk, and picking her is an insult to American voters, both male and female.

I am an average American. I also don't think that myself or anyone else "like me" should be president or vice president. I am dying for someone to explain to me why they would want an "average everyday American" to be president or VP. Can someone tell me the answer to this? Do those of you who like certain candidates because they are "like you and me" think that you or I would make a good president or VP?

I want people who are better than me to run this country. Thats what an elitist is. I want a president who thinks he or she is better than I am. If they don;t then I think there is a serious problem. The founders of this great country and writers of the constitution all had at least one thing in common. They were elitists.

Will McCain embrace his putrid rhetoric he has spewed the last few days?

THE REPUBLICANS JUST GET MORE AND MORE DESPERATE BY THE HOUR.

I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE REGULAR "JOE SIX-PACKS" AS THE DIMIWTTED PALIN REFERS TO ORDINARY AMERICANS, TO ASK MCCAIN HOPEFULLY TOUGH QUESTIONS, AND HOLD HIM ACCOUONTABLE FOR THE LIES, ATTACKS, AND ACCUSATIONS HE IS MAKING IN THESE LAST DESPERATE FOUR WEEKS.

THIS IS NO REGULAR TOWN HALL MEETING. THIS IS A DEBATE BETWEEN TWO MEN FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES AND MCCAIN WILL NOT WALK AWAY FROM THIS WITHOUT GETTING SEVERELY BURNED.

ENJOY, I KNOW I WILL.

mccain wont be able to get away with lies and attacks with this crowd.

This is called "managing expectations", so that, when Obama wins the debate by all accounts, the Democrats can say "he did it even though the town hall debate is McCain's strongest format".

Ask Senator McCain why he supports racism at McCain and/or Palin rallies.

Ok Senator McCain, now you have your Town Hall setting. I want to see just how grand you truly are in working the people. You have lied so much and sent your clones out to do the same or worse. I cannot understand for the life of me why Good Law abbiding citizens that Love God could vote for you and palin. You are a disgrace to the white race and palin is even worse she is a disgrace to women, children and God the way the is putting herself out there like that. Sorry to say it but, Obama is going to win this election.

Smartstart
Ellenwood, GA

TO ALL VOTERS, PLEASE CHECK OUT THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO:

TYPE IN "THE VIDEO THAT SOULD SINK JOHN MCCAIN'S PRESIDENTIAL DREAMS". YOU CAN GOOGLE IT ALSO.

WOW!

McCain may be the undisputed champion of town hall meetings, but that still does not make him more qualified. I attended a town hall meeting put on by McCain and even though he was asked questions, he still never gave a direct answer as to what his actual plans were. We just got the normal rhetorical answers. If Obama will answer the questions straight out with no rhetoric, he will come out ahead. Although at the point, why anyone would vote for a mediocre candidate instead of the one with superior intelligence and judgement is still beyond me.

Substance is what counts and McCain is lacking it entirely.

Town halls where the GOP supporters were in the majority is fine but tonight it is even ground as per supporters as they will be all independents looking for information from the candidates.

I'd love to see McCain try to weasel out of saying that he plans to cut medicare!!! With that comment, he just lost Flordia, which means game over and Obama will be our next president.

That is because they have been of the same party. Watch the difference when it is not just a republican crowd!!!

Obama / Biden 08

McCain's running mate is inciting people to make terrorist threats.

How irresponsible for McCain to conduct a campaign such as this.

Somebody needs to to rein in the attack dog.

Only when he lies. If he thinks senator obama is a terrorist, t(his reasoning is flawed) and i can see why he wanted to fight with iraq instead of focusing on afghanistan.

MCCAIN'S STUNT OF CHOOSING PALIN AND INSULTING ALL AMERICANS, ESPECIALLY WOMEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY, HAS BLOWN UP IN HIS FACE…………..BIG TIME AND RIGHTLY SO.

THE REPUBLICANS HAVE ALWAYS DEPENED ON THE IGNORANCE OF THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS TO BE EASILY LED, WILLING TO DO AS TOLD WITHOUT QUESTIONING, ETC.

WELL THE COUNTRY IS WAKING UP AND REFUSING TO DRINK THE KOOL-AID ANY LONGER.

WHEN MCCAIN LOSES IN NOVEMBER HE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BLAME HIS LOSS ON THE ECONOMIC SITUATION, PAINT OBAMA AS A CROOK AND LIAR, AND ANYTHING ELSE HE CAN THINK OF SO AS NOT TO SEE THINGS AS THEY REALLY ARE.

MCCAIN TORPEDOED HIS OWN CAMPAIGN BY:

1. INSULTING THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN HIS SELCTION OF PALIN FOR VP, ESPECIALLY WOMEN.

2. BY LYING, CHEATING, ATTACKING, WHICH IS NOT WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT IN THIS CAMPAIGN. WHAT THEY WANT IS ANSWERS, SOLUTIONS, IDEAS, A PLAN TO GET THE COUNTRY UPRIGHT AND BACK ON TRACK, ALL OF WHICH MCCAIN IS TOTALLY UNABLE TO DO.

3. WHEN MCCAIN LOSES IN NOVEMBER I HOPE THAT HE STILL FEELS THAT TRADING HIS INTEGRITY, MORALS, AND CHARACTER, IN PURSUIT OF HIS LUST TO BE PRESIDENT, WAS WORTH IT.

NO ONE OTHER THAN JOHN MCCAIN HIMSELF WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS LOSS, AGAIN, AND FOR THE LAST TIME.

I hope as moderator that Brokaw takes no crap from McCain as far as his negative campaign, and his attempt to destroy another mans career. He may be the champ of the town hall meeting, but that is the only thing he is champ of. Character is not a question with McCain. He has none.

Obama could lose his voice 5 minutes into the debate and the goofy Liberal mainstream media would STILL say "What a decisive win by Obama tonight". MSM coverage is a joke, and CNN is included! I love how a tie goes to the Dummycrat every time with you whack-jobs!

What a contrast! Democrats are extolling McCain's strengths while the Republicans are doing the dead opposite as regards Sen. Obama. Keep up the high road appraoch my fellowmen!

Headline should read… "DEMS know Obama doesn't know what to say without a teleprompter."

I hope Obama gives McCain the finger on National TV the way he did to Senator Clinton during the primaries. Still wouldn't matter - he's the "God" candidate.

It's your day, it's your time, go get him BARACK!

Go barack GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes that's right set the bar real high for the so called CHAMP of the town halls……He will not even come close to looking presidential……he is a Grumpy Old Man…….That thinks Obama is beneth him…….

Early voting is the way to go.

Registered Republican voted Obama/biden 08

Yeah, when he is the only participant in a town hall meeting. Let's see how he does when there are 2 playing the game

can someone give us the real scoop on SONGBIRD McCain and if he did give up information on the Americans, i want the truth

Mccain does not put country first
1. chose a pitbull to atack in times of economic crisis, over choosing someone with great economic and foreign policy experience.
2. at a time when the nation is suffering a severe economic downturn, all you hear from PALIN/MCCAIN are negatives.

If you put your country first, you will help people understand what you can do for them. ITS NOT WHAT PALIN CAN DO FOR YOU MCCAIN, ITS WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY AT A TIME LIKE THIS!

I lost my respect for you John Mccain.

yeah , but will he actually answer questions ? And stop lying for a change

All this talk about 'dangerous and scary and unknown" levelled against Obama is total b.s.
If the world should be scared of anything it is the fact that at least 45% of Americans entrust their future to someone who graduated 893/896 in the Naval Academy to be their C in C…and… a hockey mum, Joe six-pack ,to be VP. Everyone across the entire world should be shaking in their cowboy boots.
Wake up America and get into the 21st century.

well I will finish my comment…..my son-in-law and grandson were also in the military!!! I call all this stuff a lot of palaver!!! most peolple here really dislike anything democratic at all. and I`m one of those people that hasn`t voted democratic since harry truman- - - so you know I am old!!!!

THANK GOD AMERICA IS WAKING UP AND SEEING MCCAIN AND PALIN FOR EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE…………..DESPERATE, LYING, ATTACKING, DISTORTING AND ACCUSING……DID I MENTION DESPERATE?

McCain has concluded that the only way he can get enough votes is to pay for them with his once-valued dignity and honor. And it appears he's not planning to leave any of that precious personal capital in the bank by the time election day rolls around.

So here it comes. One last desperate, pathetic, sordid attempt to distract the country from anything resembling a real debate about a real issue. Don't have health care? Rezko, Rezko, Rezko. Wonder why our financial system is on the brink of collapse? Ayers, Ayers, Ayers. Worried about whether we'll ever get out of Iraq? Wright, Wright, Wright.

McCain and his hatchet mom VP nominee are hoping to expose the "real" Barack Obama to the people of America; but what they are really exposing is how morally corrupt McCain has become. And how complete has been his transformation from a noble reformer, willing to stand up to his own party when it failed to meet his moral code, into an ignoble hack, willing to abandon his most deeply held values in his lust for the presidency.

This was John McCain in 2000, commenting on the disgusting attacks against him by Karl Rove, George Bush, and a few of the people now doing their very dirty work for him.

"Sooner or later people are going to figure out that if all you run is negative attack ads you don't have much of a vision for the future, or you're not ready to articulate it."

A LOT HAS CHANGED IN 8 YEARS, HUH, JOHHNY BOY?

I love these pre-debate mind-games! What are the chances that McCain will keep this clean and about the issues?? ZERO

Country first right??? right…

Undisputed champ unless someone says something to get him angry, then watch out.
Obama will come out the winner tonight because he'll stick to the issues.

No game changer tonight for McCain. Send the Maverick back to Washington and Palin back to Alaska - Please.

You are going to be toast when Barrack have you for lunch tonight.

the debates so far have shown two things…Joey is not qualified to be vice-president and Osama is qualified to be a community organizer with Chicago help…..

And the winner goes too….'The underdog' yeeaahh…

That's right Mccain can better fool people!

Sure hope McShame slings mud and lies tonight because all the polls show Obama is gaining significantly as a result of McShame's erratic behavior, name calling and mud slinging. The American voting public is tired of the "sick Karl Rovian" style politics.

I can't wait to watch McCain have a McMeltdown. $20 says McCranky will do everything short of breaking his neck not to look at Obama.

mccain is a champion liar. If he goes on the stump and don't answer the question directly, I hope they cut the mike. Just when he says" my freinds my oppon………

The country has no more time for his nonsense

McCain is a bitter, sickly, old man. McCain is the liar, who due to his age and failing health, would most likely not even see out a first term in office. The only person who world leaders would respect even less than McCain is Palin.

Burn, McCain and Palin, and you know where.

Indeed he is the champion of town hall debates that is why he is leading in the polls (NOT!!!!)

I hope that McCain stays on topic and answer the questions without deviating onto mud slinging

Is the McCain campaign following the same hallowed tradition? Haven't heard anything positive as regards Obama from that camp yet!

John McCain no doubt excels at this type of format from long experience but I wouldn't go so far as to call him the "Michael Phelps of the town hall debate."

John Macenroe maybe ….

I am a republican woman who does not like sarah palin the attack dog!! I will vote for barack!!!the more she attacks here in florida where I live the more certain I am that i will vote for obama. in clearwater she mentioned the villages where I live….well true enough they came out in force.. sort of like a rock star??????I stayed home!! the developer here who is a big republican contributor sure put on a show for her!!! I research lots of things on my computor so when i am sent things that are negative I look it up to see what is true or not.. too bad more villagers don`t!!!!!

He will not be the champion tonight because he is out of touch, out of ideas and out of time. The only thing he can do is lie and attack as he has been doing these last few days.

If McCain's starts the BS about knowing how to track Bin Laden, Obama should just turn to him as kindly say, "You mean, you know how to caught the man who is responsible for 9/11 and won't share the information unless you are given the presidency?"

Obama/Biden 08

Dem is sand bagging. Best to put the man on the mantle and then knock him down. Even if the debate viewed as a tie, advantage still goes to Obama. Way to play the 4 corner stall.

Tax Issues for Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin released her 2006 and 2007 tax returns on October 3, 2008. She received reimbursements totaling $43,500 for travel and lodging for her family in connection with state business. Of that total, $25,000 was for her children's travel and $18,500 was for her husband's travel.

Bryan Camp, a tax professor at Texas Tech University School of Law and a former Internal Revenue Service lawyer in Washington, said the IRS would ask several questions to determine whether the travel reimbursements were reported properly. Those questions include whether Mr. Palin and the children were employees of the state of Alaska, whether they traveling for bona fide business purposes, and whether they would have been able to deduct those travel expenses on their own tax returns for business purposes. Because the answer to at least one and possibly more of those questions is no, "The Palins should have reported the $43,500 in family travel allowances received in 2007 as income," Mr. Camp wrote in an analysis.

Also, Sarah Palin accepted $17,000 in per-diem meal payments for nights spent at her home in Wasilla, 40 miles from the governor's office she used in Anchorage, Alaska. She used that office rather than traveling to the state capital of Juneau. Several tax experts have argued this should be counted as taxable income, too.

Can't you see an IRS audit occuring after November 4th?

Wow the Dems are saying something nice about McCain? I smell a rat. The Dems have the upper hand in tonights debate, don't let them fool you.

To all you undecideds….

Over the weekend, John McCain's top adviser announced their plan to stop engaging in a debate over the economy and "turn the page" to more direct, personal attacks on Barack Obama.

In the middle of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, they want to change the subject from the central question of this election. Perhaps because the policies McCain supported these past eight years and wants to continue are pretty hard to defend.

But it's not just McCain's role in the current crisis that they're avoiding. The backward economic philosophy and culture of corruption that helped create the current crisis are looking more and more like the other major financial crisis of our time.

During the savings and loan crisis of the late '80s and early '90s, McCain's political favors and aggressive support for deregulation put him at the center of the fall of Lincoln Savings and Loan, one of the largest in the country. More than 23,000 investors lost their savings. Overall, the savings and loan crisis required the federal government to bail out the savings of hundreds of thousands of families and ultimately cost American taxpayers $124 billion.

Sound familiar?

OBAMA/BIDEN'08/'12

Obama has substance and the ability to help us dig out of this mess our country is in.

Enough of the ridiculous cheap parlor tricks, Mr. Obama.
Offer solutions or pack it in already.

Hillary 2012

——-Debate or Not Debate!

no way, no how, no mcain.

It is easy to remember: The elephant stands for the Republicans. If the elephant faces to the right, tail to the left and trunk to the right, then the head down to the legs and the trunk slightly curled up, it form the R, for the Republicans. And then, above all, the long trunk reminds me of Pinocchio………