The Last Debate-McCain Has No Choice...Must Go For Knockout Punch

Washington Scandal will again be blogging live during tomorrow nights debate, as well as twittering. You can follow me on twitter @beltwayscandal or watch as my twitter and blog are updated real time here on Washington Scandal. I'd also suggest you turn into C-SPAN which has a fabulous pre-debate web cam. You might also want to twitter @thefix who writes for the Washington Post.

Tomorrow night will only be exciting if McCain trys to deliver a knockout blow, and lets face it, with dwindling poll numbers, and pundits giving Obama the win in the first two debates, John McCain has no choice but to GAMBLE BIG, try to get in close and deliver a devasting knock out blow to Senator Obama...baring that, this election is over. With this reality hanging in the air, with John McCain being a street brawler, the debate could be a wild ride...but don't hold your breath. With all the racial rhetoric at the McCain and Palin rallies this past week, John McCain could knock himself out trying to throw the Ayar's punch. America knows he is not the reformer, which leaves him the economy and his experience as his one two punch. Not powerful weapons with his performance of late, which could see him lose his temper, start flailing wildly at Senator Obama with verbal barbs, and if that happens, we will watch Senator John McCain self destruct on national TV.

Obama should play it safe, but I wish he wouldn't. He has a chance here to knock out McCain, run the deck in the General Election, and move into the White House with a true mandate from the citizens of America. Calm and steady is great, but a good boxer can beat his opponent with well deliver sharp jabs to the gut, until finally out of energy, out of ideas, John McCain will crumble, his presidential bid over as the pundits pick the meat from the carcass of his campaign.

Oh My GAWD...First Poll's In On CNN...McCain TRASHED!

Oh My GAWD...the first after debate polls just came across the wires on CNN, and Obama won HANDS DOWN...McCain did NOTHING to improve his image, his numbers staying static, and those polled give Obama the win by over 20 points!

I would love to be a fly on the wall at McCain Campaign headquarters right now as his staff realizes they BACKED THE WRONG HORSE, are sooner rather than later going to be OUT OF A JOB, realizing there is not going to be any Washington, DC assignment for all their hard work. BOO HOO, BOO HOO, BOO HOO

Is that the FAT LADY FROM ALASKA I hear singing? (wink, wink...)

The DEATH KNELL...Obama KILLS McCain with the voters when it comes to who can handle the economic mess better. Obama leads on the economy in the debate by WELL OVER 20 POINTS! Game over, send Sarah Packing back to Wasilla, and let John McCain go cry in his wife's beer.

Obama Wins Among Independents In Squeaker

In the Ohio undecided group, Obama won the debate in a squaker 12-10. Not what McCain needed to hear, nor what he had to accomplish. To climb back into this race, he had to win, and win BIG...he did not accomplish that task.

Some of my own reactions...feel both candidates are IGNORANT when it comes to the issue of Nuclear Energy, or deliberately lying to the American People. The fact is, GNEP (Global Nuclear Energy Program) which is the reprocessing McCain is touting is unproven technology with some fundamental flaws, including the very real fact that the 400 new reactors BOTH CANDIDATES would have us build would not be capable of using the energy it would reprocess. Secondly, GNEP makes the USA the waste repository for the entire world's nuclear waste. Nuclear Energy in 50 years has not disposed of ONE OUNCE of their reactor wastes, Yucca Mountain will not work as a long term storage solution, and our aging fleet of 104 reactors are unsafe. They are pushing nuclear because it comes with a $1.5-$5 trillion dollar bailout of the industry because the military WANTS it, and it is us the American Taxpayer that will have to PAY THAT TAB in addition to our monthly utility bills. For that kind of money, we can put solar panels and/or small wind on every house in America, lower our utility rates, and free up BASE LOAD for industrial purposes.

Where was the topic of illegal aliens? They have depressed our wages by over $230 billion dollars on a yearly basis, and have stolen over 10 million AMERICAN JOBS. Where was the question?

John McCain's "No On Job Training Moment...that was not recieved well."

The Debate Moves On...

They are still on follow up to the first question.

By the way, McCain used "My Friends" twice in his answer to first question...we are NOT your friends Mr. McCain.

Second Question...what in the Bailout is going to help average Americans? Uhhhh, can we say NOTHING?

McCain...he is back on his suspending of his campaign to RUSH back to Washington...some 15 hours later.

OUCH...he just TALKED DOWN TO US, saying we probably had never heard of Freddie and Fannie! He then hit on Obama getting donations, while failing to mention his own donations from these two evil monsters.

Obama talking directly to the person who asked the question. He is now hitting on McCain's history of being a DEREGULATOR! He Shoots, he SCORES.

Discussion

Obama is confident on the Economy, but says we need new rules, 21st century regulations.

McCain...babbling, has not offered nothing NEW.

So far, have Obama up 3 to 1 on points.

Our Pre Debate Poll Results

Greetings Folks:

One hour and 45 minutes till TIP OFF, and guite a few of us on www.twitter.com are PUMPED for this event on both sides of the equation. We have tabulated our poll results, and 80 percent of the respondents believe Barrack Obama will win the debate. 14 percent picked John McCain the winner, while six percent were undecided. Join us AFTER THE DEBATE for our post debate poll!

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Pre Game ThoughtsOctober 7, 2008 at 6:05 pm
Royce Penstinger remarks, “McCain’s back is UP AGAINST THE WALL with all indicators showing a campaign taking on water in a Titanic like fashion, so look for John to be looking for chances to deliver a few staggering blows on Barrack.”

Debate GAME CHANGER...Senator Hagel's Wife To Endorse OBAMA

OUCH...on the eve of the debate, Senator Hagel's wife intends to ENDORSE OBAMA! Have not seen this on the airwaves yet, but if she comes through with this endorsement TODAY, hours before the debate, we have a DEBATE GAME CHANGER!

Sen. Chuck Hagel's wife to endorse Obama

By BOB LEWIS • Associated Press • October 6, 2008

RICHMOND, Va. — The wife of Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel plans to endorse Democrat Barack Obama.

Lilibet Hagel has scheduled a 10 a.m. news conference in Alexandria, Va., on Tuesday with Susan Eisenhower, the daughter of Republican President Eisenhower.

Hagel, R-Neb., has made no endorsement. Lilibet Hagel said in an Associated Press interview that her decision was independent of her husband. She said she didn’t know whether he would make an endorsement or whom he would support.

“You’d have to ask him,” Lilibet Hagel said. Rest of Story

Tonight's Presidential Debate-Pre Game Thoughts

McCain's back is UP AGAINST THE WALL with all indicators showing a campaign taking on water in a Titanic like fashion, so look for John to be looking for chances to deliver a few staggering blows on Barrack. Problem is, the rules of the debate make it A) not really a debate as there are NO FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS by the audience or Tom Brokaw. Further, the audience member is not allowed to make comments on the answer recieved, nor will there be shots of the audience member's reaction to the answer he recieved. Further, I am guessing the questions will be pretty boring, standard fare questions that we always see in these moderated Town Hall type of events.

Obama has to be careful to hold his own...a tie is as good as a win for him, a win for Obama could be the final nail in McCain's campaign coffin. Every poll, both national and in battleground states shows Obama gaining steam and pulling ahead. In both Florida and Ohio (the two KEY battleground states) Obama is winning, and the news of John McCain wanting to pay for health care services by cutting Medicare by some $1.1 Trillion is NOT going to sit well with Florida voters...if Obama wins either of those states, the time has come for the fat lady to sing. You cannot win the White House when the opposing side is playing his game on your court.

Short of one of both candidates blowing right past the rules (unlikely), look for a faily tame night with one caveat...it is possible to see John McCain implode and lash out in anger.

TUne In Tomorrow Night As I Live Blog The Debate!

Don't forget to visit often tomorrow night as I once again Live Blog the debate, and twitter over on @BeltwayScandal as McCain fights for his Presidential Election life. With everything on the line, this could be a very explosive debate. I'll be posting my pre-debate thoughts tomorrow morning.

One Video Shows Why McCain Lost Debate

The verdict is in, and our poll pretty much mimicks the National Polls, and CNN's poll of polls. Barrack Obama won the debate on Friday night. A great montage of news clips over on Huffington post really show the background behind the blows that knocked McCain out of the ring, gave Obama the win on points...his style and grace did not hurt either.

Public Opinion Is In...McCain Got HIS ASS KICKED In Debate!

The results are in, and have listened to them on three different networks...John McCain got his ASS WALLOPED in the debate tonight, and showed himself A) to be an arrogant, snobbish, elitist prick, or B) is a CLOSET RACIST...either way, his refusal to look at his opponent has rubbed America the WRONG WAY! Even on the Iraq War Obama scored higher in the polls than McCain did.

I think McCain lost the entire debate when he insisted that we must FINISH to the BITTER END every war we ever start! Excuse me Mr. McCain, we ended the Korean War, were the soldiers in that war DISGRACED because we did not fight the war to a (quote and unquote) a successful end? You sir are a spoiled pamper ass munch who only survived your military career because your daddie and his daddie were admirals. Lets not forget, you crash FIVE PLANES while on active duty, only one of them in Vietnam...that IS SOME RECORD.

You lost tonight, and a big reason for that lose is the fact that you, like your wife Cindy are a spoiled elitist! You have no style, no grace, and probably need some serious counseling to deal wtih your anger issues and self loathing.

Did John McCain Just Break Federal Election Laws

OK...John McCain was on stage at a debate in Mississippi with Senator Obama. We all saw him, watched him make a total ass of himself. Meanwhile, almost BEFORE THE CAMPAIGN DEBATE HAD ENDED his staff has a NEW AD UP ON YOU TUBE. If you watch the ad, which I have posted below, John McCain comes on and says he approves this message! Answer me this, how could he be up on stage, then pressing palms after the event, and APPROVE A NEWLY CREATED YOU TUBE video HE HAD NOT SEEN?

Pre Debate Analysis and Advice

HAve been sitting here listening to the pundits babble on about tonight's debate between John McCain and Barrack Obama, and have to admit to being amused.

John McCain is a bar room brawler that is losing on points going into the 12th round, to use a boxing analogy, in a 15 round fight...he has to go for a knockout, and that MAKES HIM DANGEROUS. He's going to try to go after Obama, going to do his best to unnerve him, to get him flustered and making mistakes. Look for McCain to fight a brutal pounding debate, trying to punch Obama into submission, weaken him for a kill, then go in for a knockout punch.

My advice to Obama...stay off the ropes, don't let McCain start punching on you. In short, you need to do your Muhammed Ali immitation, "Float Like a Butterfly, and Sting Like a Bee"...short crisp responses, quick jabs that land solidly, no trick plays. That being said, don't be afraid to take and openning...you have the chance to TKO McCain tonight. If the economuy does come up, which it well, bring up the Keating Five, and McCain's son who was on the board of directors for a recently FAILED BANK out in Nevada.

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