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Presidential debate live-blogging tonight at 9 pm eastern. Natalie and Josh will be joining me.

Even though John McCain has already won the debate he is putting the country first tonight and going through with it anyway. What a patriot!

The Commission on Presidential Debates has the official rules & debate format.

FINAL THOUGHTS: While many of the pundits on various channels were quick to anoint John McCain the winner, I don’t see it that way. Barack Obama didn’t win but he did stand his ground. Neither candidate knocked this out of the park.

Obama preformed much better than I thought he would. He seemed comfortable, at ease, and presidential at many times.

McCain, on the other hand, didn’t come off as presidential once. He never looked at Obama and he seemed to be condescending, but not in a wise, learned elder sort of way.

I guess you could call it a draw, a tie, whatever. But McCain, who has had two bad weeks in a row, has a lot more to lose from an even debate.

(Live Blogging: McCain v. Obama - Round One)

Damn, McCain will be so phenomenal at tonight’s first presidential debate that his campaign has already started advertising that he won.

Newsweek: All the Candidates’ Cars
Barack Obama — the elitist — owns one car. John McCain owns thirteen cars, which is fewer than two cars per house. Now, in McCain’s defense, I doubt he knows that he owns that many. And if asked about his cars, I’m sure McCain would play the POW card: There was a time in my life when I couldn’t own a car. The Hanoi Hilton doesn’t have valet parking. Or something like that….
• CNN has more: Dems seize on McCain’s 13 cars:

the McCains currently own 13 cars — two of which are foreign-made: a Honda and a Volkswagen. That appears to contradict the Republican presidential nominee’s past statements he only buys cars made in America. (Cindy McCain also drives a Lexus and daughter Meghan owns a Toyota Prius, but neither are registered to the McCains.)

Newsweek also reported Barack Obama owns one car: a Ford Escape Hybrid.

In a quickly-arranged conference call organized by the Democratic National Committee, United Auto Worker Union President Ron Gettelfinger — an Obama supporter — said the registration records show McCain is not being truthful with Americans and undermining autoworkers.

New York Times: Pact on Debates Will Let McCain and Obama Spar
In an apparent attempt to make things easier on Sarah Palin, the rules for the vice presidential debate between Palin and Senator Joe Biden have been dumbed down:

At the insistence of the McCain campaign, the Oct. 2 debate between [Palin and Biden] will have shorter question-and-answer segments than those for the presidential nominees, the advisers said. There will also be much less opportunity for free-wheeling, direct exchanges between the running mates.

Salon: John McCain’s hot air
John McCain isn’t as “green” as he says he is. In fact, his environmental record is dirtier than a horse in the mud.

Gawker: Jill Greenberg: Mag Photographer’s Grotesque McCain Trick
The photographer hired to take McCain’s cover picture for The Atlantic was vetted about as thoroughly as Sarah Palin.

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