Huckabee Said A Mouthfull

Here's Huckabee's response to McCain's plan to have the Federal government spend 300 billion buying up troubled mortgages:

Last night, he took that position on the housing issue of buying up everybody's mortgage. Conservatives are scratching their heads today and saying, ‘What happened?'

Where the Hell Is Obama's Economic Plan???

Many of my colleagues have been asking why Obama has not sat down with the Clintons and their economic team and come up with some kind of economic plan? Can it really be that hard? I've seen a half-assed plan on Obama's website whereby he would cut taxes for 95% of workers and their families or reward companies with tax breaks for creating jobs in America, but considering the egregious financial difficulty America is currently facing, we're hearing talk of the need for someone to create a plan rivalling that of the Manhattan project that would create jobs and lead us to energy independence. So, what is Obama doing about it? I'm assuming he's trying to maintain the status quo, that anything he puts forth will be interpreted by McCain and his hellions as increased government spending, as big government. Desperately needing middle of the road voters, Obama's hands are tied.

Racial Sensitivity Could Hurt Obama!

Perhaps nothing stuck out more in last night's presidential debate than the "That one" quote uttered by John McCain when referring to Obama being the "one" who voted on a Bush/Cheney spending bill. But what exactly did McCain mean? Was it a singular version of the racist "those people" idiom? Ezra Klein has shed some light on this, and for the most part I agree:

In both [debates], McCain's most memorable tics were exhibitions of contempt for Barack Obama. In the first encounter, he couldn't bear to look at Obama, and he used "What Senator Obama doesn't understand" the way other people use "um." In the second, he dismissed him in the language a busy mother uses for her third child, as if he couldn't be bothered to recall the youngster's name.

Obama would be wise to advise his campaign and even publicly remark that McCain was not being racist, but I think pundits alike should hit the airwaves and talk about how disrespectful McCain is for not addressing his counterpart with more civility.