In 2008, the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin was held in St. Louis on October 2. Howard Fineman, writing for Newsweek, initially thought it would be the longest 90 minutes of Palin's life. But after acknowledging that she did not win the debate, he noted that his original assessment was "ridiculously wrong" and that the debate was no fun for Biden. "Palin grew up a hunter in Alaska. ... She learned to stalk and bag her prey. Here ... she was stalking a pinstriped senator."
As preparations continue for tomorrow's presidential debate between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, pundits are already predicting winners and losers. Roger Simon of Politico offers this: "There are three things Mitt Romney must do to win the first presidential debate on Wednesday. Unfortunately, nobody knows what they are."
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Saturday
So Long, Cowboys
On September 29, 2008, Howard Fineman - writing for MSNBC - declared that "the Obama administration began at midnight Sunday."
Over that weekend, the deal had been struck for a $700 billion federal takeover of "the carcass of Wall Street." Noting that regardless of whom were to win the election, Fineman predicted that years of greed-fueled capitalism would no doubt be replaced by regulation and government intervention in the markets. He also pointed out that Obama "believes it is the role of government to help people and regulate the markets. ... He doesn't frankly, know much about economics or the profits - those were not his specialties in law or life."
In February 2012, the Christian Science Monitor reported: "Not since the Roaring '20s has the income gap between rich and poor been as wide as it is today in America."
Over that weekend, the deal had been struck for a $700 billion federal takeover of "the carcass of Wall Street." Noting that regardless of whom were to win the election, Fineman predicted that years of greed-fueled capitalism would no doubt be replaced by regulation and government intervention in the markets. He also pointed out that Obama "believes it is the role of government to help people and regulate the markets. ... He doesn't frankly, know much about economics or the profits - those were not his specialties in law or life."
In February 2012, the Christian Science Monitor reported: "Not since the Roaring '20s has the income gap between rich and poor been as wide as it is today in America."
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