Earlier tonight down in Nashville John McCain and Barack Obama had their second debate.

So for one night I wasn’t the crankiest old guy on television.

Earlier tonight down in Nashville John McCain and Barack Obama had their second debate.

You could tell John McCain didn’t want to be there. Every time they asked him a question all he gave out were his name, rank and serial number.

Tonight’s presidential debate was a town hall style format.

Town hall style meetings are John McCain’s favorite format. His least favorite format? Late Show style meetings.

During the debate tonight the candidates answered questions from the Internet.

You could tell John McCain is really out of touch by the way he kept referring to the Internet as the idiot box.

John McCain said during the debate tonight that if America goes into a depression that he’s the better choice for president.

He said he’s the better choice if there’s a depression because he actually helped fix the last one.

Yesterday Bruce Springsteen performed at a Barack Obama rally.

Not to be outdone, earlier today John McCain tried to book Glenn Miller.

Today I saw a sure sign that things are bad on Wall Street.

I saw a guy in a suit on the corner with a sign that said “Will trade complex financial derivatives for food.”

Today I saw a sure sign that things are bad on Wall Street.

I saw a guy in a suit on the corner with a sign that said “Will bring economy to a halt for food.”

Good news: here in New York City deaths on the job were way down last year.

The bad news is earlier today the mafia laid off 10 hit men.

Celebrity birthdays: Simon Cowell from American Idol turns 49 today.

His family threw him a big party – which he called the worst party he’d ever seen.