Well the first two debates are over and while tomorrow s coverage will focus on how they did nbsp the pattern I note emerging is just how much the McCain campaign especially as sold by Gov Sarah Palin is trying to present Reagan-era ideas as relevant to a world that has moved on nbsp Fo

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