Let's Get Ready To Debate

Everyone got their drinks ready for the night? Wonkette has the rules up for tonight's drinking game, so let's get ready to debate!

9:03
Where do you stand on the financial recovery plan

Obama: This is the final verdict on 8 years of Bush and McCain's economic plan. Fundamentals of economy must be measured by the middle class.

9:12:
Obama - 10 days ago John said the fundamentals of the economy are strong - I fundamentally agree.

9:18

McCain brings up his stump speech about DNA study earmarks for bears, but no mention of Palin's earmark to study DNA of seals.

Obama - Earmarks are $18 billion, yet John wants to cut $300 billion in taxes from the richest.

9:20

Obama is doing a great job of attacking McCain on his tax policies for the rich. Lehrer is telling him to respond to Obama.

Obama - McCain plans to tax health care for the first time in history

Whoa - Obama seems like he is really getting to McCain now.

9:32

Obama - we got to get rid of the handouts to the insurers for Medicare.

McCain wants a spending freeze on everything but defense and VA benefits (which he recently opposed).

9:39

McCain keeps talking about how much government has grown in the past 8 years. Obama nails him on the fact he has voted with Bush over 90% of the time. McCain is trying to play the maverick carb, but it isn't flying.