Obama and McCain Clash Over Economy

Debate II – Reaction
A Showdown That Was More of a Letdown
McCain struggles to derail Obama
Round two goes to Obama.
Who Won The Debate? Clean Sweep For Obama
No Game-Changer Here

Elsewhere
Government to spend £50bn to part-nationalise UK’s banks
Darling details £50 billion bank bailout plan
Schools told to counter extremism
A-level exams system is ‘not fit for purpose’

DAILY BLOG REVIEW / by Aaron Heath

Ben Smith – Sean Hannity gets hijacked live on Fox News. Watch him thrash around like a dying fish.

The Corner/NRO – McCain was “very solid”, Obama “plausible”. Quite the praise from NRO, no?

Political Ticker – CNN: Obama won

Daily Kos – Kos praises CNN’s favourable/unfavourable meter of undecided Ohio voters. I watched the first hour of the debate on CNN. Obama absolutely creamed McCain, last night.

Real Clear Politics – The debate was “one of the most boring, least informative, most poorly moderated debates in recent memory.” Jeesh, why don’t you just come out and say it was crap? Also at RCP: The Spin Begins…

Bob Piper – Why can’t Osborne decide whether he supports the Chancellor’s Bank plan? Why the dithering? FAIL!

Obsolete – As the economic climate worsens, Labour’s handling of the crisis could yet repair the public’s faith in Brown.