WP/Dionne: "McCain's Lost Chance..." By E. J. Dionne Jr. Monday, September 29, 2008; A19 "September began as John McCain's month and ended as Barack Obama's. McCain's high-risk wagers aimed at shaking up the campaign turned into very bad investments. And Friday's debate eliminated McCain's best chance to deliver a knockout blow to an opponent whose most important asset may be his capacity for self-correction." **** "The post-Labor Day period has thus brought the campaign to an unexpected point. McCain, once the candidate of tested experience, must now battle the perception that he has become the riskier choice, a man too given to rash moves under pressure. Obama, whose very newness promised change but also raised doubts, has emerged as the cool and unruffled candidate who moves calmly but steadily forward. However one judges the first debate, it did nothing to block Obama's progress." The Complete Article Here...

Steve Benin reports in The Atlantic Monthly that one member in the right-wing commentariat is saying out loud what many more have begun to think...

John McCain is “suspending” his presidential campaign and his participation in tomorrow night’s debate so that he can rush back to Washington to help broker a $700Billion deal to rescue an economy he has repeatedly described as “fundamentally sound”.

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Dear American:

I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude.

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“Can you imagine if [Palin] was president right now? They hacked into her email account. She couldn’t even keep that safe. Somebody hacked into her Yahoo! email account. They don’t know who did it. They know it’s someone who understood technology and was interested in her background. So we can rule out McCain.” –Bill Maher

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