Obama repeats his pledge that he will go through the budget line-by-line and eliminate unnecessary programs.

McCain has two obvious, easy responses:

1) When was the line-item veto restored?

2) As a Senator, Obama has plenty of authority to remove wasteful spending programs. He’s never done it. He’s never gone thorugh the budget as a senator. Obama is remembering a scene in the movie Dave, and imagining that he can reenact that scene where he saves the First Lady’s favorite programs.

McCain goes back to homeownership, and touts that his program was initially proposed by Hillary Clinton. And then it’s on to energy and touting nuclear energy for energy independence…

*sigh*

Having said that, McCain’s I’m gonna-cut-these-programs routine suddenly gets the men in the Ohio voters to go wild with enthusiasm, according to CNN’s scroll.