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Tonight is the final Presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain. It’s no surprise that they still haven’t invited any third party candidates like Bob Barr or Ralph Nader. I still think Ron Paul should be the moderator at one of these debates. Many felt the last debate was boring after there were promises of attacks from both sides. Tonight’s debate may (or may not) bring some fireworks.

John McCain has fallen further behind in the polls so he may believe he has nothing to lose by attacking Obama forcefully. McCain has a history of coming from behind. Will it be too little too late for him? Who knows, but along the way we’ll have our live blog going and we encourage you to join us and comment along with us as we watch the debate.

If nothing else it is a good place to vent your own frustrations at the status quo politicians, one of which will likely be President next year. Unfortunately, these debates perpetuate the myth that there are only two candidates in the running when there are at least 4 others who’d like to have their voices heard: Bob Barr, Ralph Nader, Chuck Baldwin, and Cynthia McKinney.

The live blog for tonight’s Presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain here at Liberty Maven is now over. Please use the link below to see the transcript. Thanks to those who participated and join us for the final debate next Wednesday night.

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Read the transcript of our live blog of the 2nd Presidential debate here.

NOTE: The live blogging of the VP debate is now over, but you can follow the link below to read the transcript.

Join us right now and participate with us as we comment on the Vice Presidential Debate as it happens. Tonight’s debate is from St. Louis, Missouri and features the “conservative” newbie Sarah Palin vs. the establishment DC “lifer” Democrat Joe Biden.

Go here to read the transcript.

Yeah, it would be fun if Ron Paul could be the replacement moderator for the Vice Presidential debate this evening, but as George Stephanopoulus would say, “That’s not going to happen”. The actual moderator, Gwen Ifill from PBS, has been accused of holding a bias for Barack Obama due to her authoring a book praising the ground breaking candidate. She refuses to accept the accusations of bias and will forge ahead with moderating the debate between hockey mom Sarah Palin and DC lifer Joe Biden.

Biden has a long reputation for making brazen statements that often get him in trouble. Palin has made her share of “mistakes” in her short time in the public eye as well. It is safe to say that there may be some verbal fireworks at the debate tonight. The McCain campaign has done its best to downplay the expectations of Palin in the debate, but from my perspective it is Biden who has more to lose. Biden must tread carefully with his words so he does not come off as being sexist or domineering. We’ll see tonight.

Won’t you join us for our second live blogging event? The last one morphed into a chat room more than a live blog, but it was enjoyable and we received positive feedback so we are doing it again. Feel free to participate below beginning at 8:45pm Eastern tonight. The debate begins at 9pm Eastern.

There will be no Bob Barr or Ron Paul, but we will be live blogging the first Presidential Debate between John McCain and Barack Obama. This is of course, assuming John McCain actually participates and the debate takes place.

Mike Miller and I, Marc Gallagher, will provide our commentary together as we watch the debate live. Feel free to participate with us beginning tonight at approximately 8:45pm (EST). We welcome any and all comments from our readers during the event.

Hopefully, we can remain civil with the big government rhetoric we are likely to hear from the two establishment candidates. Wouldn’t it be better if they included a few of the other third party candidates like Bob Barr, Ralph Nader, Chuck Baldwin, and Cynthia McKinney?

The live blog transcript will remain here following the debate for future reference.