YEAH Obama you are so right McCain cares less about the middle class people
where is McCain today??

The McCain/Bush presidency has 37 days left. Anybody else counting down after last night?

you know after i heard mccain call himself maverick a few times last night

it hit me, dont you think a true maverick would never refer to themselves as maverick

i mean thats like the ultimate un maverick move, its like jesus calling himself the messiah or something, people said that of him, but he never ran around going... hey im the messiah! hey look at me im gods son beotch

a maverick is the man in black the guy who blazes his own trail, who rolls into town in some western and everyone says

oh my god its.... the maverick

but in those movies if this guy rolls into town and says Im the maverick

people go

who is this joker... hes not hte real maverick

and then they stone him

the real maverick would never call himself maverick, the real maverick has no names

the real maverick kicks a zz and takes zero names

John McCain has not in my opinion communicated his economic positions well. Below is my attempt to clarify them.

McCain believes in Jeffersonian Democracy. What does that mean? Thomas Jefferson argued against Federalism, as he felt that it posed a risk and infringement to the liberty of Americans. The Federal government is a necessary evil, which should operate on the common benefit, security, and protection of Citizens, and should be watched closely and its powers should be minimized.
Science recently has determined that there is a scientific reason why this is the best possible configuration. Networks of all types, financial, government, electrical, communicative, all behave under certain laws. These laws have been described well in layman’s terms by Lazlo Barabasi in his book “Linked.” These laws argue against centralized networks as they are prone to cascade failures and that distributed adaptable networks are much more robust and capable of sustaining damage to one part of the network and reconfiguring themselves and continue to function. What this tells you is that democracy and capitalism, is inherently more stable than other types of systems of economic distribution and governance.

Capitalism has been moving towards big business, since the industrial revolution, and this has led to a centralization of Wealth which has placed our economy in the current economic crisis we face today. It is not accurate to place the blame on Wall Street, or on homeowners, for the current financial crisis. The crisis was driven by the centralized wealth and dynamics of the networked global economy.
The solution to the problem is to move toward decentralization of all critical networks such as Government and Financial.
McCain holds that we need to move from Big Business to many competing companies run on Main Street, and incentivize investment in small business over big business.
McCain also holds that regulation much like Big government needs to be circumscribed in its powers, but that it’s a necessary evil. The idea is that centralized standards, and regulation, reduce the cost of compliance and lead to greater efficiency.
McCain understands we need regulation and standards, but regulation and standards must be able to evolve and adapt, while cost of compliance must be the same for individuals as for big business on a basis that places the individual or small business with an equal footing to gig government or big business.
(In my opinion, this needs to be slanted towards small business and individuals. That it’s better to err on the side of smaller concerns.)
McCain is against Obama’s tax plan, because increasing capital gains tax on business, and investment, because it acts as a barrier to deploying monies to generate wealth formation. A simple way to understand this is as friction to the speed at which capital flows through the system. This matters to every American, not just the wealthy, as McCain critics say. This matters to every American because if assets are not deployed, and or leveraged, then entrepreneurial activities are curtailed, and with this comes a reduction in jobs, and a decrease in wealth distribution, and most importantly to wealth concentration which makes the average American a indentured servant to the concentrated wealth.
McCain understands that we need alter wealth distribution in this country such that it benefits the middle class and grows it. He also understands that in a free society you do not accomplish this by confiscating another’s wealth and redistribute it to others on the government’s whim. This was the approach of the old Soviet Union. What we need to do is provide incentives for people to place their wealth into the system so that others can become wealthy in their own right.
For those that think but I just want a job, and this does not matter to you, more business creation, leads to more jobs, and in today’s world with equity participation, greater wealth.

Look at these poll numbers. Gallup Obama +5 Rasmusseen Obama +6 Virginia Obama +6 Iowa Obama +8 Colorado Obama +9
New Mexico Obama +11 Missouri Obama within 1 Mevada Obama within 1 North Carolina Obama +2 Ohio Obama tied

These are Bush 2004 states. Obama landslide

If you truly are an undecided voter and haven't seen Bill Moyer's interview of Andrew Bacevich, you owe it to yourself and your family to see this interview, and perhaps read Bacevich's book, before you vote....

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09262008/watch.html

Nothing like some good news to get the weekend going.

YES WE CAN!!!

Obama/Biden '08

Be fair, maybe McCain was just "confused" again.

Mr. Obama, one question only:

Is the "war on terror" 1) a real ongoing "emergency" requiring massive sacrifice of our national treasure and our Constitutional rights, or 2) an outrageous fraud designed to enable an American police state and empower the military-intelligence-financial complex?

The late Aaron Russo said #2:

http://michaelfury.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/as-wall-street-is-transformed-a-reminder-from-aaron-russo/

How can Mccain be in touch with the middle class look at Mccains lifestyle of the rich and famous 7 HOUSES, 13 CARS 500 DOLLAR SHOES PRIVATE JET does anyone here have that lifestyle? OBAMA 1 HOUSE 1 CAR AND OBAMA DID NOT LEAVE HIS WIFE TO MARRY A RICH BEER HEIRESS, so my question is with the life style of the rich and famous HOW CAN MCCAIN RELATE OR PUT HIMSELF IN THE SHOES OF THE AVERAGE AMERICAN OR UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE STRUGGLES OF AMERICANS?

@ kimberly peacock

you're perhaps right in theory kimberly but wrong in practice. mc cain is not playing out sound strategy based on network physics, he is leaping from one conveniant standpoint to the next trying to make himself look good and never consistently looking out for the wellbeing of others (ask veterans.) and this is exactly what Barabasi, author of Linked, warns against:

''A me attitude, where the company's immediate financial balance is the only factor, limits network thinking,'' Professor Barabasi says. ''Not understanding how the actions of one node affect other nodes easily cripples whole segments of the network.''

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0CE3DC133FF930A15755C0A9649C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2

i would say Obama has exhibited substantially more "network thinking" in his world view.

Ok I am a resident of north carolina and I can honestly say that I do not support Osama oops I mean Obama in the least....if Obama wins this election I will seriously consider moving out of this country because you people think its bad now???? Just wait and see what happens when this nut-job gets into office....

McCain/Palin 08

Ok I am a resident of north carolina and I can honestly say that I do not support Osama oops I mean Obama in the least....if Obama wins this election I will seriously consider moving out of this country because you people think its bad now???? Just wait and see what happens when this nut-job gets into office....

McCain/Palin 08

WHO WON THE DEBATE?

Even though the polls gave it to Obama, I think they both did OK...

However, that's not the main issue here. This was mostly a debate on FOREIGN POLICY, McCain's strong suit, but Obama stood toe to toe with McCain and pounded him in more than a few areas, especially on the Iraq war...

Besides all that, everyone is missing a very important point here and it hasn't changed since the embarrassing CBS Palin interview day before yesterday...

You Republicans in your glee (thinking your old nasty fool won last night or at least tied) forget there is a more important debate coming next Thursday night. That is the debate between Biden and Palin...

Ooooow, how painful for you guys to think about that one, huh?

I just can't wait for that debate. After Palin's embarrassing interview with Katie Couric, that one is going to be... well just painful for you guys!

McCain will have to unlock the basement where she is at now and put PALIN on stage with Biden for 90 minutes, ouch, oooow, very painful!!!

Can you Republicans bring yourselves to say GAME OVER!!!

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Say hello to President Obama!!!!

McCAIN: P.O.W.

PALIN: M.I.A.

OBAMA: NEXT PRESIDENT

Amanda and you think palin has her marbles?

Bush, McCain can run. But they cant hide anymore.

What ever congress does to try and fix our stunning economic catastrophe needs to be done very carefully. Congress needs to take their time, and be sure of what they are doing. Whatever is done needs to be sharply focused at helping, and protecting the best interest of the ordinary Americans. In particular the vast American middle class. 700 billion dollars is a lot of the peoples money to spend to bail out a bunch of corrupt Bush loan sharks.

My fellow human beings, just as I warned you ahead of this catastrophic economic meltdown, I must now warn you that what is ahead has the potential to be even more catastrophic than what we are going through now. The worlds geopolitical landscape has been booby trapped by the Bush McCain administration and their republican allies in congress. These booby traps are poised to spring at any time.

Fortunately the Worlds Nations have been blessed with many excellent leaders (except the US) who have been careful, wise, strong, and self-restrained in dealing with the provocations, and antagonism's of the Bush, McCain administration.

Barack Obama and the democrats are your best hope now. Tell your family, friends, and everyone you know to support them as best you can, and vote for them like your life, and the lives of your loved ones depends on it. Because it does. You will not survive 4 more years of Bush McCain.

JACK SMITH - WORKING CLASS...

I think it's only going to get worse for McCain. This was his debate to win. Foreign policy was suppose to be his strength and Obama held his own. Obama was relax, cool and gave thoughtful answers. McCain seemed to be still stuck in the past.

And to not look at Obama the whole evening ,what contempt or arrogance. Either way it spells bad news for McCain. With the rest of the other debates focusing on the economy, I think this election is a done deal for Obama.

For McCain to have a chance to win he also needs to dump Palin. She is a disaster and her lack of knowledge is quite shocking.

For all you feminist out there, answer me one question, why did McCain pick a Kay Bailey Hutchinson. She has stature and intelligence and would garner respect, but Palin? He obviously was pandering to the religious right and the male lebedo. How brain dead can you get.

Foreign policy is supposed to be McCain's strength. Polls consistantly show that most Americans think he would be a better commander-in-chief. If Obama only did at least as well as McCain in this part of the debate it's a big win for Obama. On top of that Sarah Palin looked like a babbling idiot during the interview with Katie Couric. It's a tough sell, but we all know that Americans bought George Bush's total bunk not once, but twice!

Obama continues debate in North Carolina.....MCCAIN CONTINUES HIS JOB IN WASHINGTON DC...FINDING A SOLUTION SO THAT HE CAN APPLY THE SOLUTION AS PRESIDENT