From TIME’s Amy Sullivan
Straight from the latest McCain pool report, filed by the LA Times’ Bob Drogin, is this quote from advisor Mark Salter about what McCain hopes to achieve in tonight’s debate: “To do well, against a guy who’s a pretty good debater, show presidential leadership, and be able to speak directly to the American people …
From TIME’s Amy Sullivan:
McCain’s let’s-postpone-the-debate idea may not be a real possibility now that Obama has indicated he won’t play ball. But here’s a factor to consider with the proposal itself: by the time the next scheduled (or, as McCain would have it, “first”) presidential debate takes place, 16 states will already be …
From TIME’s Amy Sullivan:
Like Jon Chait, I grew up in a Michigan family that has only every purchased cars from American automakers. When Chrysler was in serious trouble in the 1980s, my mom declared that it was our family duty to help out Lee Iacocca, and by God, over the next ten years we bought a string of identically crappy …
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