McCain Suspends Campaign to Vote On Bailout
Details of today’s maverickyness here.
The suspension begins after he speaks to Mr. Bill’s foundation conference on Thursday. Not today or tomorrow, while there are real negotiations ongoing to craft the bill. He wants to be around Friday when there is the possibility of a vote.
He is calling on Obama to suspend too — but I suspect that Obama can accomplish an appearance in DC to vote on a bill and do his debate and a few other things in a single day. But I guess McCain’s multi-tasking days are behind him. But shouldn’t you be able to keep a few balls in the air if you are President of the United States?
I’m agnostic on whether Obama agrees to this or not — I do think that if he agrees he should condition it on McCain paying all of the costs of the delay himself and see how far this goes.
D’oh sorry Cassandra.
SOK!
I’d rather talk about Markell than the stunt of the day anyway.
McCain is desparate. There is no way he wants to enter a debate with the bailout not done.
If it is not obvious to everyone, McCain’s campaign has two left feet. A campaign suspension allows them to find a right shoe so that they can continue on to November without stumbling anymore.
Oh yeah, Obama will not suspend his campaign, that’s just a stupid idea. It is so stupid, it sounds like a Kerry 2004 idea.
Still waiting for Obama’s two advisors to give back the 10’s of millions they skimmed off of Fannie and Freddie….but I won’t hold my breath.
What? Is McCain on Katrina time?
Perhaps a better idea would be changing the debate topic to the economy rather than flying back to Washington for a photo op. We will be electing a new President in (approx.) a month. Debates are vital.
This is a political stunt, but – then again – if I was McCain I’d want to suspend my campaign and cancel all debates.
“Oh yeah, Obama will not suspend his campaign, that’s just a stupid idea. ”
Especially since campagning is all he has managed to do as Senator. Take that away…and he is nothing.
Bet Chris doesn’t know that McCain’s personal Freddie Mac lobbyiests haven’t given back their money, either.
Bet Chris doesn’t know that Freddie Mac is not actually the topic of this thread.
“Bet Chris doesn’t know that Freddie Mac is not actually the topic of this thread.”
Lets see. This thread is about McCain suspending his campaign to deal with the crisis, caused in part by the failures of Freddie and Fannie.
Yeah….I can see how that is not related. Weak Cassandra…weak.
Stunt or not.
McCain putting Country First..
Obama putting personal ambition first.
Says it all.
What is weak is that you’ve no idea that the failures of Freddie and Fannie are pretty much the failures of Lehman and Merrill Lynch and IndyMac and all of the others. Take Freddie and Fannie off of the board, and this meltdown still happens.
chris is a liar.
Bullshit . . . McCain is not putting country first. His campaign is spiralling out of control . . . and, I’ll give him this, the man knows if he plane is going to crash.
McCain wants to get out of the debate because of the drop in polls, the obvious questions about his self-professed lack of economic knowledge, and to push the Biden/Palin debate back (need more prep time, I guess – maybe Kaplan has a VP course she can take).
The person (not persons) the liar Chris is talking about is a guy who was part of his VP nomination committee. He has had no other role in the campaign.
And it’s hilarious to see fools like Chris getting sucked into McCain’s ploy – just as they hoped!
Country first!!! Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Again, if it’s sooooo Country First, then why didn’t McCain do this on Monday? …oh wait! the polls weren’t showing him THAT far behind then…
My first thought was WTF? My second thought was that it was a brilliant political stunt – it looks likes he’s leading in a crisis. My third thought is WTF again, most Americans don’t feel like they’re in a crisis right now. The panic is in Wall Street, not Main Street. We’re concerned but certainly not panicked yet.
As far as I know, an American election has never been postponed (someone correct me if I’m wrong), but we had elections during WWII and the Great Depression and all other serious episodes. WTF does he think he’s doing?
And Chris, McCain’s top aide Davis was still getting paid by Fannie Mae as late as last month. Obama had a phone call with Franklin Raines once.
Reports are that Obama is saying no to postponement. He can multitask! I’m not sure what McCain thinks he is doing, he’s not on those subcommittees that are crafting bill. I’m sure phones still work and he can keep in contact.
Check out McInsane’s left eye when he’s talking – wassup with that? Has he had some small strokes?
He is sending a secret message about Charlie.
“His campaign is spiralling out of control”
Yeah, that is Palin drew 60,000 people in Florida the other day, and the TNJ had, breifly, a picture showing the streets of Media SWARMING with supporters for McCain/Palin just yesterday.
Interesting that the local news glossed over it and TNJ removed thepicture once the editor woke up this morning and saw it.
Ben Smith from the Politico:
“The only thing that’s changed in the last 48 hours is the public polling.”
LOL!!!
She’s a regular celebrity….oh the Irony!!!!!
She excites the base so what. I read 10,000, which is a lot of people. Also, I’m reading that the National Enquirer is reporting that Sarah Palin had a long-term affair with her husband’s business partner.
“I’m reading that the National Enquirer is reporting that Sarah Palin had a long-term affair with her husband’s business partner.”
I guess McInsane wanted a V.P. with the same experience that he had.
“I read 10,000, which is a lot of people.”
Also hopeful revisionism…it was 60,000. Multiple papers reported it.
Here is just one.
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080921/NEWS0107/80921022
Even the anti-Palin Orlando Sentinel’s hedge said 25,000 to 60,000.
But back to topic. I know I am biased, but I think Obama just screwed up big time. This will back fire on him. Not with you partisan hacks, but the undecided ones will take note.
“Also, I’m reading that the National Enquirer is reporting that Sarah Palin had a long-term affair with her husband’s business partner.”
Same source as the incest allegation….Al Franken’s humorless mind.
McCain: “Time out!!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRcvft98w78
(about 1 minute in)
LOL@anonone!
I haven’t heard anything about incest. I don’t know the source of the National Enquirer story but I doubt it is Al Franken.
Since McCain won’t debate Obama, does that mean Obama can tell lies about McCain now?
Obama made the call Mcsam,e’s people are claiming he was the one with the idea. if this bill is passed with everything that the Dem’s want what is in it to prevent Bush from issuing his famous signing statements???? i ask Biden, Carper, Ccastle and Nancy this question still waiting for a response
Obama just got done saying a President is going to have to deal with more than one thing at a time…
SLAMMED…
That is going to get played over and over.
then he said WE BOTH HAVE PLANES THAT CAN get us to and from Washington to Mississippi if need be.
double slammed
country first my ass
I believe it’s more “cover my ass first”.
Ooh, Letterman is not happy with McCain canceling his appearance.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Letterman_mocks_McCain_cancellation.html?showall
David Letterman tells audience that McCain called him today to tell him he had to rush back to DC to deal with the economy.
Then in the middle of the taping Dave got word that McCain was, in fact just down the street being interviewed by Katie Couric. Dave even cut over to the live video of the interview, and said, “Hey Senator, can I give you a ride home?”
Earlier in the show, Dave kept saying, “You don’t suspend your campaign. This doesn’t smell right. This isn’t the way a tested hero behaves.” And he joked: “I think someone’s putting something in his metamucil.”
“He can’t run the campaign because the economy is cratering? Fine, put in your second string quarterback, Sarah Palin. Where is she?”
“What are you going to do if you’re elected and things get tough? Suspend being president? We’ve got a guy like that now!”
“Especially since campagning is all he has managed to do as Senator. Take that away…and he is nothing.”
Well he does need to rack up all the “experience” he can, since he apparently believes that campaigning = “experience”
I get it…experience counts when you decide.
sort of like being elite
“What are you going to do if you’re elected and things get tough? Suspend being president? We’ve got a guy like that now!”
Now that’s funny.
“I get it…experience counts when you decide.”
No, experience counts when you actually do something other than promote yourself.