The Kicker

Obama laid out his position on the designating-Iranian-Revolutionary-Guard-terrorists bill in a very artfully written op-ed in the Manchester Union Leader. Note how he opposes the bill (and therefore set up a dovish sounding counterpart to then prime primary opponent Hillary Clinton) and briefly–just six words!–agrees that they are actually terrorists.

Senator, you just called Pakistan “PAH-kee-stahn.” However, as Clint noted, PAH-kee-stan is already taken as an unconventional-and-semi-annoying-pronunciation. By Obama. (He’s already got TAHL-ee-bahn, too, for the record.) Afghanistan is still open for semi-annoying pronunciation, though, if you want it (perhaps you could start calling it Ahf-GHAN-ee-stahn? AF-gan-ih-stan?). If not, there’s also CHEE-na…or Cah-NAH-dah…

Lehrer just said something about all his “five minute things” having run over. He seems somewhat concerned about this point of debate procedural arcana. And I’m pretty sure he’s the only one in the country who know’s what he’s talking about.

It’s a red-letter evening for everyone’s favorite crotchety-oil-baron-turned-wind-power-advocate. Tonight, T. Boone Pickens will run his very own post-debate “Live Event”–an online chat he’s moderating, on PickensPlan.com, which is currently comprised mostly of photos of Boone sitting in his office (lots of wood paneling, lots of flat-screen TVs, lots of incredibly supple-looking tan leather chairs, in […]

This is the scene at CJR HQ.

Justin can have Warshington. I’m impressed with Paak-ee-stahn.

McCain calls out Obama for admitting on “a television program” that the surge exceeded beyond his “wildest expectations.” He’s got the quote slightly wrong. I’m pretty sure he’s referring to Obama’s visit to The No Spin Zone, where Obama said “I’ve already said it’s succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.” So “a television program” is McCain’s […]