SNL and The Election

Every four years SNL becomes kind of relevant again.  This year mostly due to the fact that Tina Fey does a great Sarah Palin.

Check it out here.

I am not going to bother to post clips from Colbert and Daily Show, since there would be too many.

Debate

A year ago, the debate on foreign policy and national security would have been viewed as a marquee general election showdown. McCain and Obama hold starkly different views on the question of exiting from Iraq, and have sparred for months over issues ranging from negotiating with rogue countries to stabilizing Afghanistan to challenging an emboldened Russia. It was supposed to be the night that McCain, long immersed in foreign policy, would occupy the commanding heights.

But as the economy has overtaken Iraq as the top concern of voters, and the financial crisis on Wall Street casts an ever longer shadow, the nation – not to mention the candidates – is focused on matters closer to home. McCain and Obama are each expected to broaden the conversation Friday to encompass economic concerns.  Read Article Here.

Pelosi: McCain's involvement, meeting at White House "disruptive"

“I think Sen. McCain's involvement is sort of a blip.”

Pelosi called Thursday's meeting with the president, congressional leaders and the presidential candidates “disruptive” to the negotiations “because we had to begin writing the bill.”

“We can't take the bill to the floor until the bill is written, and we were on a path to that. It took a whole afternoon. And that time is important to us,” Pelosi said.  Read Article Here.

On a side note, if Pres. Clinton and Sen. Liberman could just switch their party affiliation to Republican, it would save us a lot of time.  The two of them are practically campaigning for McCain.  If they like him that much why not switch teams?

The Stunt Failed

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) ended three days of suspense on Friday morning and announced that he will leave bailout negotiations in Washington and fly to Oxford, Miss., for tonight's opening presidential debate.

McCain had previously said that he would suspend his campaign—and so would not attend the debate—until an agreement was reached on the administration's $700 billion mortgage proposal.

No such agreement has been reached, but Republicans said the standoff was hurting McCain's campaign and that he would look terrible if he didn't attend the nationally televised, eagerly anticipated debate, while Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) was ready to go on stage.  Read Article Here.

Runnin' the Numbers

Obama is breaking open a presidential race that had once looked deadlocked.

State by state, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill). is showing signs of breaking open a presidential race that looked deadlocked through much of September.

A new wave of polls released Wednesday showed decisive leads for Obama in the critical states of Colorado, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

That follows noticeable progress in polls in Virginia, which had looked safe for Sen. John McCain, and Florida, which had looked promising for McCain.

This is the first time that one of the candidates has dominated state polls in the most closely contested battlegrounds.  Read Article Here.

When the Going Gets Tough, Run Away

John McCain called Wednesday for the first presidential debate, scheduled for Friday in Mississippi, to be delayed and urged Barack Obama to join him in Washington for a high-level meeting of congressional leaders to address the financial crisis. Obama responded that the debate should go on.

In a roll of the dice that jolted the presidential race, McCain said in New York Wednesday that he is suspending his campaign - and his fundraising and campaign advertising - as of Thursday and will return to Washington. He also scrapped a planned appearance on David Letterman.

Aides said it was unclear how long the suspension would last. The McCain campaign also left open the possibility of agreeing to the debate if a bailout deal could be reached by early Friday.

"I am calling on the president to convene a meeting with the leadership from both houses of Congress, including Senator Obama and myself," McCain said. "It is time for both parties to come together to solve this problem."

Obama rebuffed the proposal. “It’s my belief that this is exactly the time the American people need to hear from the person who in approximately 40 days will be responsible with dealing with this mess," he told reporters in Florida, where he has been prepping for Friday's event. "What I think is important is that we don’t suddenly infuse Capitol Hill with presidential politics," he said.  Read Article Here.

Blind I and Obama

My favorite Hip-Hop site is blind I. They are pretty good about putting up all sorts of Hip-Hop mixtapes.  Many of them are inspired by Obama.  Some are sick and some are not so sick.  You can check it out here.