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# The PageCast: October 8, 2008

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## Video: The PageCast: October 8, 2008

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_Published 2008-10-08. TIME's Mark Halperin discusses the political news of the morning, including the post-debate reactions_


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## Transcript

Welcome to the PageCast. It's Wednesday, October 8th. I'm Mark Halperin in Nashville, Tennessee with your three things to watch for in politics today. First, with the debate behind Senator McCain choosing not to engage on William Ayers or any of the other personal attacks at his campaign had starting lobbying before the debate. Watch to see what kind of message the McCain campaign chooses to drive. Do they return to Ayers and other issues or do they move on in terms of trying to cast Obama in negative turfs? Second, the financial markets, a lot of turmoil out there, watch to see how much that blots out news about the presidential campaign and how the two campaigns and candidates react, very difficult for Senator McCain to stage a comeback as long as financial news dominates and as long as it blots out coverage of the presidential campaign.

And then finally, look for evidence of how the presidential campaign is going, more state polls, National polls, polls about the debate to see just how things are framed up certainly the conventional wisdom-- Barack Obama in a commanding position, lots of data to support that. Watch to see if there's more data and how the press treats it, whether the press is open to this race being fluid or whether the press starts to settle on a narrative that suggest that Obama has the race very much in hand. Those are your three things to watch for in politics today-- some multiple part. You can get all the political news all the time right here on The Page.

For now in Nashville, I'm Mark Halperin. Thanks for watching the PageCast.

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