Debate Wire IV

0914: Clinton campaign sends around William Ayres research, including this quote in red: 2) William Ayers: ‘I don't regret setting bombs; I feel we didn't do enough.’ [Washington Times, 9/12/01]


0913: HRC gives props to Ed Rendell...

0911: A burned Obama seems disconnected even from the policy section here; his answers are OK, but they are standard and wrote; he's not thinking, he's just reciting.

0908: Charlie asks Obama about the capital gains tax and its inverse relationship to revenue. "Why raise it at all?" Obama: "I would look at raising the capital gains tax for the purposes of fairness." So -- doesn't matter if it brings in more money to the Treasury, he's going to raise the tax for reasons of distributive justice?

0904: Would HRC raises taxes for folks earning under 200K? No, she says. Obama agrees.

0859: GS: Iranian attack on Israel is attack on US? Obama says first, Iran should be prevented from obtaining nuclear weapons. "An attack on Israel is an attack on our strongest ally in the region, one whose security we consider paramount." Obama considers it "an attack that is unacceptable."

0858: Obama campaign sends out: "WHAT CLINTON DIDN'T MENTION - President Clinton Pardoned Members of the Weather Underground"

0855: HRC: Says she's beginning pulling troops out of Iraq even if it would reverse the "gains" of the Surge.... Charlie asks if she thinks she knows better than the generals... HRC basically says that her vantage point is more expansive than theirs. Obama gives a similar answer.