My guess is that McCain will pitch a fit tonight.

[CTyankee]

He's gonna figure that "righteous anger" is the only way to deflect a heavy Obama win. He can't be all somber, because he looks half dead when he does that routine.

No, it has to be getting himself all worked up and ready to TELL THE TRUTH TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!"

He figures it will disarm Obama and throw him off his game.

Probably the only option he has left...

[Kutjara]

1. The problem is, the second he starts to feel anger...

...the old PTSD rears its ugly head and he overreacts. Either he'll blow a gasket and melt down completely on tv, or Cindy will be sporting a new color-coordinated cast tomorrow.

[xiamiam]

2. expect the unexpected..count on one thing however, if mccain opens his mouth, hes lying..nt

[Warren Stupidity]

3. Well that would be interesting.

Will 40,000,000 people get to see the Angry Old Man?

[JohnMcCant2008]

8. HEY YOU KID - OFF my lawn!! Out of my yard before I call the POLICE! Damn kids!!!

[CTyankee]

9. He might see it differently. I hear some media talking heads saying Obama is "too cool."

McCain probably reasons that if he shows passion the voters will think it's "caring deeply about the country." At least that's the way Cindy once characterized his outbursts in an interview a few months back...

[Virginia Dare]

4. I'll donate $25 to DU if he says "10 Town Hall Debates"...n/t

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

5. I am certain that Joe has told Barack just how to

push Grampy's buttons to get him to blow up. All those years in the Senate and Joe's seen it all from McCluck.

Shit, I wouldn't be surprised if Grampy is reduced to yelling at clouds and quacking.

[oviedodem]

16. 25% chance he slams his fist on the lectern; 5% he pushes it; 50% he says something angrily stupid

[EarlG]

6. It's going to go one way or the other

Remember the 2004 debates? In the first one Bush was comatose and everyone said he needed to show some passion. In the second one he overcompensated to the point of hyperactivity (that was the "need some wood?" and "rumors on the internets" town hall debate).

McCain might fly off the handle - or he might know that he's not supposed to fly off the handle and overcompensate by cracking jokes and flash that creepy smile all the time. Which would of course be totally inappropriate during the current crisis...

[timber84]

15. heh need some wood?

That's how I got my DU name. Thought it was the stupidest thing he could possible evr say.

[CTyankee]

18. He wrote the book on "stupid" IMO. nt

[WeDidIt]

7. HE'll come off like Mike Gravel, then

and we all know he was teh crazy old coot of the Democratic Primaries.

[timber84]

11. Oh he was painful to watch. n/t

[WeDidIt]

14. HEY YOU KIDS, GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

[Politicub]

10. I think they're going to sedate McCrazy

So there's no chance he'll belie his festering anger. He'll do ok as long as he comes across as someone's crazy grandpa - as long as he's not sedated to the point of drooling.

[CTyankee]

17. No, I think it'll be a "planned" outburst. He's prolly been rehearsing it with his staff

for the last couple of days. It's just schtick...not his real deal bizarro anger.

[calico1]

12. I'm thinking he might try to hijack the debate and

go off on a tangent that is not about the question he was asked.

[goodgd_yall]

13. Nah---they'll make sure he takes his valium. n/t