Choices, choices. What to do on a Wednesday night?

There was McCain/Obama debate III of course, but team Obamessiah had already told us how it would all turn out. Besides, my pre-debate assessment was the same as A.J. Strata’s:

To save myself time I am going to live blog the debate now and get it over with:

McCain wins most rounds, nation differs with me when polled.

Yup.

It didn’t matter that I didn’t watch, Bob Owens at Confederate Yankee summed it up well:

Senator Government: Spend, spend, spend.

Senator Blinky: You can’t spend your way into prosperity.

Now, will anyone looking for Hopeychange understand?

Instead of watching the debate I went the Good Lt. route. The Phillies are going to the World Series!

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Steveegg is LiveDrunkBlogging.

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That’s going to be the question all day today. Right behind that question will be Debate, or No Debate. It’s going to be an interesting Friday, news cycle be damned.

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BREAKING

The following report was found underneath the porch at Funk and Wagnels.

The Global Alliance For Fabricated Experience (GAFFE) is pleased to announce that plans are being finalized for an additional debate in this years presidential contest. The new debate will be in addition to the three scheduled between John McCain and Barack Obama, and the single vice presidential debate taking place with Senator Biden and Governor Palin.

This fifth debate will feature a face off between Senators Obama and Biden.

Representatives of the two candidates have already agreed to include “energy policy” and “the effects of negative ads on the campaign” as topics for the debate.

If time allows they will also discuss “FDR, Television, and The Great Depression” and the effects of snow on aerodynamics.

It could develop into the best debate of the season.

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And then there were nine.

Nine Republican rivals have agreed to join the debate being broadcast from Drake University in the state where precinct caucuses launch the presidential nominating season. ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” will host the debate, with Stephanopoulos serving as moderator.

The debate will air at 10:00am Eastern Time with nine GOP contenders.

Joining the debate will be Sen. Sam Brownback, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Rep. Duncan Hunter, Sen. John McCain, Rep. Ron Paul, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Rep. Tom Tancredo and former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson.

I will try to have occasional updates here. I will also let you know if there is going to be a post debate roundtable at Debate Central.

UPDATE: Thanks to Steveegg for the information that the live debate has already started. My local affiliate obviously plays This Week on tape delay. I guess the No Runny Eggs live thread will start when his local affiliate starts to broadcast as well.

00:00 Introductions in order of poll rank.

No times. I’m watching the delayed broadcast on DVR (further) delay. I also missed quite a bit

Brownback is still stuck on his three state solution for Iraq

McCain on Iraq — Victory or we’ll be back.

Giuliani notes what none of the Dem candidates will say, that this is part of a war against Islamic terrorism.

Romney summarizes Barack Obama’s week. Sit down for tea with our enemies, nuke our allies. “In one week he’s gone from Jane Fonda to Dr. Strangelove.”

Tommy Thompson is a less than inspiring speaker

I guess the Paultards have come to Drake University

Nothing much new from any of them.

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The crew from Heading Right had a great time debating the debate last night. Here is the audio of that show.

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