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John McCain and Barack Obama will indeed debate tonight at 7 p.m at the University of Mississippi, moderated by Jim Lehrer. The debate is scheduled to focus on issues of foreign policy, but given the economic meltdown of the last two weeks, and the Bush administration's proposed $700 billion bailout plan, Politico is reporting that Lehrer might add in some questions on the economy.
Also, Rich Lowry from National Review is reporting that everyone at Ole Miss "hates" McCain for waffling about whether he would show up, as the school spent $5.5 million preparing for the debate.
Finally, if you want a good laugh, check out an ad mistakenly published by the Wall Street Journal's website prematurely crowning John McCain the winner of tonight's debate. Another ad quotes McCain aide Rick Davis prematurely declaring, "McCain won the debate hands down." Mission Accomplished!
And, as usual, there is a lot of drama swirling around Sarah Palin. Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, initially an enthusiastic supporter of Palin, is now asking the Alaska Governor to "bow out" as a vice-presidential candidate. After seeing Palin's interviews with Charles Gibson and Katie Couric, Parker has decided that Palin "Is Clearly Out Of Her League," and that "if BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself." Ouch.
Additionally, Ed Schultz is reporting that senior McCain aides have told him that Palin is "cluless," and that mock debates and mock press conferences that Palin has held in preparation for next week's VP debate have been "disastrous."
Is Rome burning? We don't really know yet... either way, this campaign is phenomenally entertaining.
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