Who does he have running this freaking campaign?!?
McCain Suspends Campaign to Help With Bailout
What a completely worthless, stupid@$$ gesture. "Let's look like we are completely incapable of dealing with multiple issues at once. That'll push us ahead in the polls".
I thought the Dems were the best at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, looks like the McCain campaign is giving them a run for their money.
UPDATE: Special Agent Johnny Utah disagrees.
Looks like ExJon does, too
UPDATE: Democrat Delay Game
UPDATE: There it is, " "Presidents are going to have to deal with more than one thing at a time,"Sen. Obama said. "It's not necessary for us to think that we can only do one thing and suspend everything else." He said that he and McCain have large campaign planes that can get them out of Mississippi and back to Washington quickly."
But, it does allow for good stuff from Ace - "Obama: I Am Such a Leader That I Will Defer to Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi As to Whether I Actually Need to Show Up To Do My Job As Senator
If Harry Reid tells him he needs to come into work during the most serious financial crisis since 1929, he'll do so.
Otherwise, he's doin' what he does best. Campaignin' for president. Talking about stuff."
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Heh:
"I believe that we should continue to have the debate," Obama said. "It's my belief that this is exact time when the American people need to hear form the person who in approximately 40 days will be responsibly for dealing with this mess and I think that it is going to be part of the President’s job to deal with more than one thing at once."For someone who is reasonably seen as being all talk and little to no action or actual results, it seems rather foolhardy to avoid taking action in Congress because one wants to talk.
Obama said that unlike McCain, he will not suspend ads, or campaign events scheduled between now and Friday's debate.
That's real smart, saying that when you're up against a guy running with the slogan "Country first".
Perhaps this move by McCain is actually genius. It is certainly leading to some comedy gold.
Posted by Vox at September 24, 2008 12:44 PM | politicsI look at it this way....
In 6 weeks either Obama or McCain is going to be interviewing people for Sec of Treas job; so whatever deal gets in place, they're going to have deal with it
If the president-elect tries to rip-up the deal, I think the market will tank
However something has to be in place now and not in 6 weeks or else.
So while ideally economic bad times would be a legitimate election topic, things are looking dire enough so that it has to be dealt with now and it behooves both parties, and both nominees, to get on board
I think Obama just mad he didn't think of suspending his campaign first
Posted by: Anonymous Mike at September 24, 2008 07:01 PM