The Final Debate

John McCain "shook things up" once again today by announcing a new economic plan. Obama continued to deflect smears of his "Bill Ayers terrorist" associations (turns out a wealthy Republican, and big-time McCain donor (Walter Annenburg) was the founder of the public education project ("The Annenburg Challenge" of whose board Obama, Ayers, and others sat on), but has been mostly prepping for tomorrow night's debate.

This may be John McCain's last chance to slow down Barack Obama's nationwide momentum. Obama is up anywhere from 4 to 14 points in all major polls and is leading in enough states to virtually guarantee his election- were that the election held today! Polls mean nothing and ballots mean everything. Only on November 4th will we know how the two campaigns end.

This race will get much closer before the end- the media will ensure that (they have an interest in making the elections as close as possible, and exciting- it brings more viewers which bring more advertising dollars). I think though, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden are going to continue convincing people that they are our country's best opportunity for a return to great leadership and prosperity for all rungs of the economic ladder (the wealthy, the middle-class, and those who don't have much at all).

This the third and last presidential debate of the 2008 Election airs at 8:00CST on all major broadcast stations (ABC, FOX, CBS, etc.) as well as PBS. Do yourself a good deed and watch it, even if you think you've made up your mind. You might be inclined to reconsider casting your vote for that McCain-Palin ticket....

Obama/Biden '08
United We Stand