Countdown Thursday: Inside the War Room
Posted: Thursday, October 23, 2008 8:59 PM by Countdown
12 Days Out:
There's the old dark-humor joke about the guy who's so chronically forgetful that he wouldn't show up for his own funeral. But... a candidate who wouldn't show up for his own electon night party? Our fifth story on the Countdown: The McCain campaign telling the Associated Press tonight that the Senator will be addressing his supporters -- who will have gathered in a ballroom at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix -- by video remote... while he stands at another location on the hotel lawn. No, I am not kidding. 
Party Poopers: With the weight of the last eight years on their shoulders, it is hard to believe that, a dozen days before the election, anybody from the Bush Administration could look morally upright. Yet in our fourth story tonight... McCain and his party, slowly starting to savage each other... including four Republican stalwarts -- three on the record, and one, devastatingly, off it... to say nothing of Governor Palin versus McCain. We start with -- well, call them Obama-cans, call them Barackafeller Republicans...threebreaking ranks today... endorsing Obama...
ODDBALL: Free tacos, a politician takes a header...and glo-kitty
Attacking Obama: For all the Republican outrage at what they have perceived as the latest outrage against their candidates and their families, you would think there might be some places GOP water-carriers might go. You'd be wrong, again. Our third story on the Countdown: now it is Barack Obama and his gravely ill grandmother... sideswiped by the former chairman of the rabid right wing attack group "Freedom's Watch"... live, on this network, today.
Worsties...see below
WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD: The New York City Council, Robin Hayes, and Bill O'Reilly vie for tonight's top honors.
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