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Its interesting to watch McCain’s desperate attempt to fight his way up his impossibly steep hill to the White House. An entire early section of the debate focused on the tone and tactics of the two campaigns. McCain focused on lies against Obama’s character, while saying his campaign was focused on the issues. Classic strategy when you’re desperate: ignore the issues and attack the person. Here’s the catch: it doesn’t work. I guess Frank Luntz has taken this campaign off.

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I’m here at Hofstra University for the last of the 2008 Presidential Debates. I’ve been doing PowerVote organizing today, mostly talking to students in front of the ‘clean (sic) coal’ table about dirty energy (especially all forms of coal) and the necessity of a clean energy future.

Now I’m sitting in one of the debate watching parties in Hofstra’s student center cafeteria. There are a few hundred students here. Theres a lot of excitement in the air. More blogging to come in a few…