In response to Andrew’s vehemently anti-Obama invective, let me run some numbers to show the real effect of the candidates’ promised spending plans and tax plans on the national debt.
McCain wants to increase annual spending by $92 billion.
Obama wants to increase annual spending by $293 billion.
(Source: National Taxpayers Union)
McCain’s tax plan (as described in stump [...]
As I write this, the debate has just begun. Grab your alcoholic beverage of choice (non-alcoholic, if you’re underage or a Mormon) (ht: Democracy in America) and tune into a news network of your choice, including ABC, FOX, NBC, CBS, C-SPAN2, &c. If you don’t have one of those old-fashioned things, go to C-SPAN Debate [...]
after a speech by the latter. He tells him:
Thank you your Holiness, awesome speech.
How presidential.
Via The Economist’s American-politics blog.