Obama's whole campaign is based upon promises of future action with no history to back it up.

What Obama has always said is a far cry from what Obama has always done.

Nice work III, you just denied Obama has a record and proceeded to cite his record in the same paragraph.

Those brain cells are workin' overtime...

On the other side all I ask is that the MSM treats Republicans with the same respect they used to give Arafat.

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I would like to see Obama asked to list what SCOTUS cases he disagrees with and why. I would really love to see him what cases he disagreed with since Roberts and Alito were added to the court, since he opposed both of them. I think that would reveal a lot about his judicial philophy.

But then I think Obama has been treated rather well by the press and given a lot of softball type questions. I think McCain to some degree has as well-at least when it comes to questions about policy.

Imagine you go to rent a car at the airport. The rental agent says you have a choice between their last two cars. The first gets terrible gas mileage and has no A/C. Which car do you want?

That's a fair point. Then again, it could be said of Barr and Nader in the opposite direction. Granted, Obama-McCain are comparatively competitive. But the media makes these sort of judgments all the time.

The media has to make the judgment somewhere, I'm just saying that stopping at only one candidate is too few. It would be like only inviting the leading candidate (singular) to their debates.

It may well be that most people would dislike McCain's answers more than they would dislike Obama's answers.

That's a fair point. Then again, it could be said of Barr and Nader in the opposite direction. Granted, Obama-McCain are comparatively competitive. But the media makes these sort of judgments all the time.

At the same time, it’s not entirely unreasonable for them to direct their questions at the candidates most likely to win.

Here's the problem, if they only ask these question of Obama, then we don't know what McCain's answers would be to the same questions. It may well be that most people would dislike McCain's answers more than they would dislike Obama's answers. But if hearing only Obama's answers leads to a McCain victory, then the media had influenced an election to go against public preference.

I am willing to bet he has marked his ear, though.

Funny how many idiots out there (like you, James) believed that Kerry would win the last presidential election.

Uh...no. I'm sure there were times when I was nervous, but I not only predicted a Bush win but got all 50 states and DC right.

But I suppose if you really WANT Obama to win (like you, James), then it always helps to tell people how far ahead in the polls he is-even if he isn't that far ahead in the polls.

Umm....no. First, I don't want Obama to win, although I'm less concerned about the Democrat winning than with any presidential election in my lifetime. Second, I'm just analyzing the polls as a professional analyst. I look for the bright spots for McCain when they're there and long treated polls showing McCain 2-3 points behind Obama as a statistical tie. We're long past that point, though, with the RealClearPolitics average showing an 8 point Obama lead and an Electoral College blowout.

The press is now realizing they have backed an unexperienced empty suit and with the financial trouble eating away their 401K's they may be having some remorse. I expect hard questions to start hitting Obama and we'll see how he handles an unsympathetic press corp.

I disagree with Christopher and assume James Joyner wants McCain to win even if his support is tepid.