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Via the Political Wire:

On average, 41% of all homes watched the V.P. debate last Thursday — up one-third from the first Presidential debate the previous Friday night, which reached an average of 31% of all households.

Nashville was in the top five. Braisted has the numbers:

The preliminary ratings are out for the Presidential Debate, and while slightly fewer watched this as compared to the first Bush/Kerry debate (it was held on a Thursday), there were roughly 55 million people who watched.

Luke Russert pleads to a misspeak on the television this morning:

Matt Lauer talked about UVA being a smart school and whether or not it could be considered a microcosm of Virginia at large. I said UVA had a lot of smart kids and so the school was leaning Obama.

• $29 billion to bail out Bear Stearns.

• $40 billion in the first mortgage-holder bailout.

• $80 billion for an additional year of Iraq war operations. (Another $150-$200 billion in war costs such as future veterans’ disability benefits were incurred but not funded.)

• Up to $85 billion to bail out AIG.

Since the 1930s, folks.  Let that sink in a minute, and while you plummet into your own "Great Depression," remember who's been in charge for the past eight years. 

Just keep that in mind as we head into November and we're looking for someone who can actually deliver a successful change

1.4 million Louisiana households continue to be blacked out in the wake of Hurricane Gustav.

Parents in Nashville are receiving an envelope from the Education Consumers Foundation. I suggest they be on the lookout for it and don’t toss it thinking it’s junk mail. What they’ll find inside is some enlightening information regarding Metro Nashville Public Schools.

Hyper-whiteness of the state should not be an impediment to victory: