Live From CNN.com

Matt Lewis | October 07, 2008 8:29 PM

Greetings from CNN.com (the website, not the cable channel). I'm on with Jane Hamsher who can be read at www.firedoglake.com.

We are scheduled to do another hit at 8:40 PM (ET).

You can watch it here.

Here's my take on tonight: McCain obviously needs to change the momentum -- and soon. Tonight is the obvious opportunity for that. But while a lot of people are saying he needs to hit a home run tonight, I don't think that's necessarily true.

The best way I can explain my theory is to use sports as the metaphor. Often it is not a homerun -- or a huge play -- that changes momentum. Usually, there is some small thing -- a dropped ball in baseball -- a fumble in football -- that begins the process.

McCain doesn't need to knock-out Obama tonight. But he does need to get something started ...