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President Obama appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman and repeated his belief that the political opponents were not primarily motivated by his skin color:

It was classic David Letterman — acerbic in a fun way — and vintage Barack Obama — charmingly modest.

Asked about Jimmy Carter’s charge that opposition to Obama health care reform is rooted in racism, Obama said, “I was actually black before the election.” Attributing the criticism to the heat of the issues, the president noted that FDR was reviled as a socialist, Ronald Reagan as a reactionary.

“This is not untypical,” he said. “One of the things you sign up for in politics is folks yell at you.”

Here’s the video:

While the Mainstream Media has all but anointed Barack Obama as the next president, John McCain and Sarah Palin continue campaigning, albeit not too effectively. With polls consistently showing Obama leading McCain, and the election just over three weeks away, one wonders if McCain has any hopes of winning.

I believe that McCain lost a great opportunity. When the stock market dramatically fell, the approval ratings of the current Administration fell with the economic conditions. With the Republican hopes fading, the Bush Administration signed on to a terrible plan to bailout Wall Street investors. Initially, Republican House members opposed the plan, but enough pork was added to an already bloated bill so that the politician spirit ruled the day and these politicians caved and supported the bailout.

The staff at United Liberty once again invites our readers to join us as we live-blog the 3rd and final debate between Presidential contenders, Senators Barack Obama and John McCain.  We’ll kick-off at 7:30pm Central and hope to provide thought-provoking and informative commentary as each candidate answers the questions offered by CBS’s Face the Nation veteran, Bob Scheiffer.

Come join the live-blog now!

Since Bob wasn’t invited to the town hall debate on Tuesday evening, he decided to get his two cents in via Youtube.

According to CNN, John McCain has decided to go through with the debate after all:

John McCain, who earlier announced he was pulling out of tonight’s presidential debate to help forge legislation to bail out U.S. financial institutions, believes enough progress has been made for

him to debate Barack Obama, his campaign said today. But it added McCain plans to return to Washington after the debate. Obama issued a statement saying he plans to go back to D.C. as well.

Later on in the article, CNN notes:

Some fellow lawmakers said McCain hasn’t contributed much to the financial debate, and senior campaign advisers told CNN they believed it was politically crucial that McCain show up at the debate in Oxford, Mississippi.

This Friday evening, on the campus of the University of Mississippi, the two major contenders for the US Presidency will square off in a debate on foreign policy. While one might expect differences over the Iraqi War, I declare that few substantive differences separate the two candidates on foreign policy.