In the Monday Fix column, it was incorrectly reported that the National Republican Senatorial Committee was launching ads in the Maine Senate race. While the NRSC had bought ad time in the Portland, Maine, media market, that expenditure was for the New Hampshire Senate race.
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Alas, it is not to be. Alan Johnson, dean of Vincennes University's Jasper campus, which will host the debate, told the Herald newspaper of Jasper: "Our planning committee worked up the format and rules, and we are not inviting negotiations from the candidates." (This despite the fact that Sodrel, a former congressman looking to regain his old seat in his fourth consecutive matchup against Hill, actually agreed to the proposal.)
Putting aside the debatable accuracy of polygraph machines, wouldn't strapping McCain and Obama into the contraptions make for a better debate on Wednesday?
Tweets, Short and Sweet
Bored with the second presidential debate last Tuesday night in Nashville? (And who wouldn't have been?) You should have checked out The Fix's Twittering of the proceedings -- as we dispensed observations on Life, the Universe and Everything. If you missed it, never fear. Some of our favorite tweets from the debate that was are below and you still have 48 hours to sign up for the Fix feed ( http:/
· "Obama forces McCain to explain his 'bomb Iran' comments. A nice moment for the Illinois Senator."
· "Lots of talk about 'fundamental differences' from both McCain and Obama. Trying to draw the lines for undecided voters."
· "McCain just called Obama 'that one.' Um, odd."
· "McCain brings out the big guns -- compares Obama to Hoover. The president not the vacuum."
2 DAYS: The granddaddy of them all -- the third and final presidential debate -- will go down in New York. Can McCain change the narrative? Does he need to?
16 DAYS: The cash-flush Obama campaign is buying 30 minutes of precious prime-time television on CBS and NBC to make a final appeal to voters just six days before the election. The last person to do that? Ross Perot!
