Posted on 10/07/2008 12:26:41 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AFP) – Republican John McCain faced fierce pressure in Tuesday's second presidential debate to grab a lifeline for his sliding campaign in the increasingly nasty White House duel with Barack Obama.
The rivals will come face-to-face in McCain's favored town-hall style setting in Nashville, Tennessee, at 8:00 pm (0100 GMT) after the Republican's barrage on Obama's character ignited a war of words with the pace-setting Democrat.
Exactly four weeks before the election on November 4, the debate marks one of Arizona Senator McCain's last chances to transform a race which seems to be sliding away, with Obama profiting politically from the economic meltdown.
Obama has solid leads in most national opinion polls, and has taken a stranglehold on the US electoral map.
McCain's combative running mate Sarah Palin Monday unleashed an fresh assault on Obama, suggesting he did not share basic American values and slamming him over what he said were questionable past relationships.
Palin charged Obama with associating with terrorists, a reference to his past acquaintance with 1960s radical William Ayres.
"This is a man who does not see America as you and I see it, as the greatest force for good in the world," Palin said Monday.
Obama hit back at McCain by pointing to his embroilment in a devastating 1980s financial scandal which wiped out the savings of many retired people, and connection to jailed savings and loans tycoon Charles Keating.
A McCain supporter asked the Republican on Monday "when are you going to take the gloves off?" McCain replied with a grin -- "How about Tuesday night?"
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Showdown in Nashville!
Supposedly the questioners will not be allowed a follow up question, which really defeats the townhall format that is supposed to offer a dialogue between the candidates and the audience. This is not going to help McCain.
Ain't that the truth.
Simple game changer:
McCain produces a copy of his birth certificate to whomever asks, and says Obambi should do the same — not just to his in-the-tank friends.
US map showing latest voting trends in the eight battleground states. Republican John McCain faced fierce pressure in Tuesday's second presidential debate to grab a lifeline for his sliding campaign in the increasingly nasty White House duel with Barack Obama. (AFP)
I just heard that the type of debate tonight will not allow for the candidates themselves to bring up things. They will be asked questions from Independents and Tom Browkaw (Sp?). They say that Ayers or Keating 5 might not even be mentioned with the way the debate is set up...Can you believe this????
From Hot Air:
CNN: Obama’s lying about William Ayers
Video at the hot Air site.....
Good referenced read and chart... considering the source. Palin is getting a large amount of free media time which is somewhat offsetting. - FlA
“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.” - John McCain, 2000
1. FRANKLIN RAINES? Raines works for the Obama Campaign as Chief Economic Advisor 2. TIM HOWARD? Howard is also a Chief Economic Advisor to Obama 3. JIM JOHNSON? Johnson hired as a Senior Obama Finance Advisor and was selected to run Obama's Vice Presidential Search Committee All three are ex-executives in hip deep with the mortgage bundling and have golden parachutes in excess of a qtr of a billion dollars between them. Raines is the big boy with 240 million. What the hell?
No showdown...ah well, just a “I can promise more than you can” contest...
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