Live blogging the debate

BREAKING NEWS: Nothing changes. CNN and CBS snap polls are worth watching but pundits are lying sacks of crap

Congratulations John McCain! You just set the world record for using the word autism in a debate!

McCain's stock answer to education should be: If everyone in this country had a good education, republican politicians would be out of a job. What happens when republicans leave political office? They go to the private sector and screw the people so anyone who wants to improve education wants to screw the people.

Why is abortion the only issue to get Republicans to say "I'm a federalist"? Constitutional Amendment defining marriage ring a bell republicans?

This just in: McCain doesn't understand healthcare

If Obama had said Wal Mart after saying he would penalize large businesses that can afford to pay for health care for their employees he wins this debate with the country right there.

I think McCain just wants Obama to travel a lot. I don't see why but it's always nice to get travel suggestions

I disagree with Obama's view of free trade. If we make shitty expensive cars and South Korea has better cheaper cars we shouldn't be able to sell ours

Oh, McCain says storing and disposing of nuclear waste is no problem. Good, I was worried about that.

Yeah, why do we need to spend to pay for things? Can't we just deregulate, lower taxes and hope for the best? Seriously, McCain just is not intelligent.

I just shit my pants when McCain said women look up to Palin

Ooooo, McCain, ask him about Jeremiah Wright! What about the fact that he's a secret Muslim terrorist? Wow

What is McCain talking about!? What has been yelled at Obama rallies? EXAMPLES! Why are you letting the kooks who scream shit at your rallies off the hook? You say it happens at all rallies and your supporters are the most patriotic? Is that supposed to make us feel better?

Ooooo, how's McCain going to defend all the evil shit that he hasn't repudiated after it's been said (and widely reported) at his events (and Palins)

This is probably McCain's best debate yet but no one is really scoring any points (cause they're only spouting talking points). That being said, I wish Jim Lehrer was moderating this debate because he was...competent

McCain, shut up about the town halls. You've lost all of the debates (including the town hall). Just cause you want free publicity (cause no one wants to give you money) don't pretend that you are moral in any way

You know what I like about Obama. He answers every charge. Palin and McCain pretty much say "Let me answer the things I want to and ignore the others because they're tough or unsavory"

I like McCain's line about "I'm not Bush" but unfortunately he's so close to Bush that Obama will be able to nail him on that.

Can we just educate the public on earmark spending. How many times does Obama have to say that we need to cut back on stupid spending but earmark spending is not a significant amount of our government spending. You know what is? The war (and more broadly the military and arming our overarmed nation)
Wow, Bob actually called McCain out on his "Iknow how to" stupid lines

Pay as you go? Obama just say no! Demand stimulus and New Deal 2.0 dude!

If Joe the Plumber makes more than $250,000 a year, his taxes should go up.

McCain trying to make Obama sound like a socialist. Might work with the American people because many of them have an irrational fear of anything that sounds like socialism/marxism/communism. Little does he know that we're on the verge of a class year already
Talking points...yawn
Both of them are looking at the camera, not each other...lame.

Here we go again