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10.07.2008 7:47 pm

Live blog — from Nashville, a grand ol’ debate!

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Things should be getting under way at Nashville’s Belmont University in just a few minutes.

For those joining our debate live blog for the first time, everyone is invited — indeed, encouraged — to contribute thoughts by adding their comments to this post.

Pre-debate spin is focusing on “John McCain’s last stand.” The consensus of polls is that Barack Obama is widening his lead, anywhere from 6 to 8 points. McCain needs something tonight to stop the bleeding.

Two trivia questions to get things started:

1. What highly-ranked NCAA Division I basketball team lost to tiny Belmont in December 2003?

2. Name the 1975 movie in which a fictional presidential candidate named Hal Philip Walker played a key role, though he was never on screen. Who directed the movie?

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Checking in from the Post-Dispatch University City bureau. Should have known the answer to Kevin’s second question, but had to look it up… DOH!!! Of course, I had no prayer of answering the first one.

Should be interesting tonight.

— Eric Mink
7:58 pm October 7th, 2008

Watching a web pre-feed…. Just heard Brokaw clear his throat like a horse.

— Eric Mink
8:01 pm October 7th, 2008

10-4 here in South St. Louis.

— Eddie Roth
8:01 pm October 7th, 2008

Brokaw looking like a member of the greatest generation.

— Eddie Roth
8:02 pm October 7th, 2008

Economy! Economy! Economy!

— Eddie Roth
8:03 pm October 7th, 2008

McCain smart to start off talking personally to the man who asked the question.

— Eddie Roth
8:07 pm October 7th, 2008

McCain wants to give relief to homeowners on home values. I have not heard much on this before.

— Eddie Roth
8:08 pm October 7th, 2008

Once again, John McCain mentions the $700 billion Americans send overseas for energy. For the sake of context, it’s worth noting that our leading “overseas” oil suppliers are Canada and Mexico.

— John G. Carlton
8:09 pm October 7th, 2008

CEO of EBay as Treasury Secy?

— Eddie Roth
8:09 pm October 7th, 2008

Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac don’t make loans to people. They buy loans that banks have already made to people. That’s a somewhat important distinction, if you’re going to blame them for setting off the housing crisis.

— John G. Carlton
8:14 pm October 7th, 2008

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