Tune in tonight for full coverage of the McCain-Obama showdown in Nashville, Tennessee, starting at 9 p.m. ET. On tap: Drunkblogging from Vodkapundit's Stephen Green, instant analysis from Jennifer Rubin, plus opinion from PajamasXpress bloggers!
The oil crisis and the credit crunch mark the end of one epoch and the painful but promising beginnings of another that won't come from Wall Street or Washington.
TWO MINUTE WARNING: A new episode of Silicon Graffiti. "The question this presidential election year isn't whether or not there will be an October surprise--but how many of them we should expect:"
POLITICIANS ARE overselling preventive care in an effort to make their health plans look less expensive. "It boils down to encouraging the well to have themselves tested to make sure they are not sick. And that approach doesnât save money; it costs money."
BRENDAN LOY ON TONIGHT'S DEBATE: "This is presidential politics in America -- fundamentally unserious, at a time of grave peril for the nation." And it's hard to argue with this: "It isn't just that McCain and Obama are flawed candidates; it's that there aren't really any better alternatives. Who would you rather see up there? Hillary Clinton? Mitt Romney? John Edwards? Mike Huckabee? Joe Biden? Sarah Palin? Nancy Pelosi? John Boehner? Harry Reid? Mitch McConnell? George W. Bush? John Kerry? Dick Cheney? Al Gore? Please. Our political class is totally failing us, almost as much as we're failing ourselves."
BOB ZUBRIN: Obamaâs Energy Plan a Mix of Bad and Good. "Moreover, there is one part of the Obama plan which is absolutely splendid, and that is his explicit promise to require flex fuel capability on all new cars sold in the USA by the end of his first term. This is indeed a potential real game changer, especially if the flex fuel standard is written to include not only automobile compatibility with gasoline and ethanol, but methanol as well." You can make methanol from kudzu. 'Nuff said.
AS ELECTRIC CARS BECOME MORE COMMON, will we see a silent NASCAR?
ENERGY LESSONS from the 1970s. "As a rule, itâs not a good idea to revive anything from the 1970s. But this debate is the exception." Plus this: