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McCain was better tonight, at least in terms of his lucidity on some issues, and he actually had one or two memorable moments. But too many of his answers were muddled, some incoherent (Obama was guilty of this too, but the difference is that he doesn’t show it), and he missed plenty of opportunities. If [...]

Obama has started off blaming runaway Bush/McCain free market deregulation for the current economic situation. This is has been a recurring refrain for over a week, and it appears to have worked. But is it true? I don’t recall Bush making any big deregulatory leaps; at least not in the financial sector. Didn’t the post-Enron [...]

Perfect chance for McCain to highlight the Clinton Administration’s culpability in the explosion of subprime mortgages in the name of “economic justice,” but he didn’t take it.
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McCain had a funny joke there about whether an earmark to study the DNA of bears was a criminal or paternal issue, but he just whipped past it. He [...]

Catching up on this on delay.
First thing: why is the camera framing McCain with twice as much empty space above his head than in Obama’s frame? Yes, we know Obama is taller, but this makes McCain look like a dwarf, especially with CBS’ huge graphic covering the bottom third of the screen.