Debate-watching party

OK, so some of us are not going out tonight to hang out and watch the debate. I’m just too tired to go through all of that. But I’ll be watching. And if you are hanging at home, feel free to join me :) The debate starts at 9pm EDT.

According to the AP:

The debate, expected to reach a huge viewing audience, was supposed to focus on foreign policy, a topic generally viewed as a McCain strength. But given the roiling economic situation, moderator Jim Lehrer of PBS indicated he wouldn’t be constrained by the boundaries the two campaigns negotiated months ago.

I suspect we’ll hear quite a bit about the economy tonight, with some foreign policy stuff thrown in for good measure.  And from the above linked article, it appears that the campaigns are trying to downplay expectations.

We’ll find out soon enough.

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This entry was written by vjp and posted on Friday, September 26, 2008 at 5:34 pm and filed under National, Politics with tags . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

188 Comments

  1. Anon E. Mouse
    Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 at 11:03 pm | Permalink

    So how are you getting CSPAN?

  2. vjp
    Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 at 11:06 pm | Permalink

    DirecTV :)

  3. Anon E. Mouse
    Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 at 11:06 pm | Permalink

    Sounds like a rich liberal elite to me. :-)

  4. Anon E. Mouse
    Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 at 11:07 pm | Permalink

    Time to walk the dog. It’s been fun. Thanks for hosting, Vivian.

  5. Mark Brooks
    Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 at 11:17 pm | Permalink

    Thanks to everyone for the fun and spirited discussion!

    Goodnight.

  6. virginiadem
    Posted Friday, September 26, 2008 at 11:55 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for hosting Vivian!

  7. Silence Dogood
    Posted Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 8:51 am | Permalink

    Geez. You all hit 189 comments? Cripes.

  8. vjp
    Posted Saturday, September 27, 2008 at 10:42 am | Permalink

    Yeah – see what you missed? ;)

    We had a good time last night. Thanks to all who participated.

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