{"id":7485,"date":"2012-10-16T12:58:10","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T16:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/morningseditionists.com\/msblog\/?p=7485"},"modified":"2012-10-16T12:58:10","modified_gmt":"2012-10-16T16:58:10","slug":"debate-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/2012\/10\/16\/debate-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Debate Night"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some sad news today, and not just because the new Daily Kos\/SEIU poll has Romney up by 4% nationally<\/a> (and at the 50% mark), or that the latest Gallup poll has Romney and Obama tied among women in battleground states<\/a> (what the hell’s wrong with you women? I expect more from you than that). No, the truly sad news is that George McGovern is in hospice<\/a>. Details are not (yet) available, but you don’t go into hospice because you’re expecting a quick stay and then back out again.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We can confirm that Sen. McGovern is a patient at our Dougherty Hospice House, but we really don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have any information beyond that point,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Avera McKennan spokeswoman Michelle Pellman said.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press reported that his daughter, Ann McGovern of Sioux Falls, said: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s coming to the end of his life.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d She declined to elaborate.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Good luck, Senator. Wherever you go from here, I hope your journey is a good one.<\/p>\n

Tonight’s the big round two debate, of course. As I mentioned yesterday, I don’t think I’ll be watching. For one, thing, I just plain despise hearing anything that comes out of Mitt Romney’s mouth. It’s certainly curtailed my NPR listening lately (thank goodness it’s pledge drive time – more begging, less Romney. Though if Romney wins, I have a feeling begging will be the norm for many American).<\/p>\n

So if things go well tonight, I’ll read about it tomorrow. And if they go bad, well, I’ll do what I do the day after an SU football game: avoid the news at all costs.<\/p>\n

Being in a very solid Obama state, I haven’t been subjected to the anti-Obama attack ads, but we have a very tight race for Congress here, between current teabagger Anne Marie Snorkle, and the guy she (barely) beat last time out, Dan Maffei, and there’s been a ton of outside money dumped into the race. So there are tons of ads for that one on the air.<\/p>\n

I don’t think the election would be a problem, except for the fact that there’s a Green Party candidate in the race who appears to be siphoning off enough votes to throw the election to the teabagger. Kind of a bummer, but whattya gonna do? After all, look how much better off we are since Ralph Nader ran in 2000.<\/p>\n

Oh well, back to work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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