Barack Obama said "The centerpiece of Senator McCain's education policy is to increase the voucher program in D.C. by 2,000 slots." Politifact found that statement false. John McCain said Obama, "as a member of the Illinois State Senate, voted in...
A reminder that Sen. John Cornyn and State Rep. Rick Noriega will debate tonight at 8. Dallas-area viewers can watch the Senate debate on KERA (Channel 13) and on texasdebates.com. The debate will also be broadcast on the radio on...
You knew it was coming: Joe the Plumber gets a starring role in a John McCain campaign ad. McCain hit on the taxes theme hard as he campaigned today in Pennsylvania, telling voters that Obama would take money out...
The Washington Post again did a live fact check. Just to point out a couple of things: 9:58 p.m. John McCain made two assertions on corporate taxes, one that small businesses pay 50 percent of the taxes and the other...
John McCain and Barack Obama shared the stage for the last time in this hard-fought presidential campaign. Who made the best argument to American voters? Tell us....
If you feel like getting out to watch the debate ... The Dallas County Young Democrats are having a watch party at the Angelika Theater at Mockingbird Station. And the Dallas County Young Republicans will have their watch party at...
New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson is the draw at a $500 a head debate watch party for Senate Democratic hopeful Rick Noriega tomorrow night at the East Dallas home of Renee Skinner and Trey Branham. Noriega and freshman Republican Sen....
Last night's Senate debate in Houston gave Democratic challenger Rick Noriega a chance to go after GOP Sen. John Cornyn over his vote for the financial industry bailout bill, health care coverage issues and a failed Republican push to privatize...
Barack Obama said John McCain "is proposing tax cuts that would give the average Fortune 500 CEO an additional $700,000 in tax cuts." Politifact found that mostly true. John McCain said the mortgage buyback plan he offered Tuesday is "my...
During the debate, John McCain mentioned eBay CEO Meg Whitman as a possible Treasury secretary, citing eBay as a venture that started with 12 people, but now has 1.3 million people in America make their living off it. Politifact said...
Thanks for joining us. We'll try to take as many of your live comments as possible. As always, feel free to comment in the usual comments area as well. Staff Writer Karen Brooks is blogging from an Austin Democratic watch...
Happy Saturday. Here's a look at a few fact checks: On Friday, Barack Obama said of John McCain's economic plan: "How else could he come up with an economic plan that leaves out more than 100 million middle-class taxpayers from...
On ABC, Donna Brazile -- who managed the 2000 Gore-Lieberman campaign -- said of Sarah Palin: "There were no moose-in-the-headlights moments." Wish I'd thought of it....
Who would have thought that Sarah Palin would be correcting Joe Biden, and not vice versa? But who's Senator O'Biden?...
You won't see it on TV because she's already seated at the moderator's desk, but PBS' Gwen Ifill just hobbled out to the stage on crutches, assisted by a pair of students. She'd broken her ankle. "I fell, I wasn't...
Thanks for joining us. We're going to use our new live blogging format again to cover tonight's debate. Feel free to leave comments in the usual area at bottom of the live blog area....
Michelle Cottle at The New Republic has a thoughtful piece arguing that Sarah Palin can't lose tonight, and will probably have a bit of a comeback sparked by tonight's debate. And our own Christy Hoppe laid out the stakes and...
On the Today Show this morning, George Bush and Geraldine Ferraro discuss their groundbreaking 1984 vice-presidential debate. Interesting parallels to Sarah Palin and Joe Biden tonight:...
Politifact and FactCheck.org have roundups of their fact checks on debate claims by the candidates. Politifact says that Barack Obama's claim that "95 percent of you will get a tax cut was half-true. John McCain said Obama has the most...
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