McCain suspends campaign to go back to DC to work on bailout

[Nanners52674]

Letterman tonight is AMAZING!!!!!

Don't cancel your interview spot on a late night talk show not only will you be the source of his monologue and top ten, but he will also get Keith Olberman to take your place as the nights guest. . . .

[pbear19]

^^Agreed. Even with the teasers I read on Drudge about Letterman, he is going after McCain even harder than I expected.

[AGDee]

I can understand canceling Letterman to work on the economics crisis. I cannot understand canceling the debate. We're talking about a couple hours on a Friday night. If the politicians in Washington do their jobs and work together for a resolution to this crisis, there will be a bill in place by Friday night. I think they should change the focus of the debate from foreign policy to the economy but it should still be held.

ETA: I've solved the problem. The government can just pay off all of our mortgages and we will then flood the economy purchasing stuff with all of our extra cash

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by KDAngel

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the...l?hpid=topnews

So glad to see he's taken the initiative to do this. While the campaign is VERY important, it's important that the Senators remember what they've already been elected to do. And with this situation in crisis mode, it's absolutely the responsible thing to do. Of course I've supported McCain before this, but this is confirms why.

Sorry, but this actually made me laugh, and not only because most of the people I've talked to (granted, probably a biased group) have been rolling their eyes at McCain. My wife (definately biased) sees it as another example of knee-jerk reactions from McCain.

If conducting his business as a Senator is what he was elected to do, then I guess he (and Obama and Clinton and Biden) have been shirking their duties all along. Of course, maybe McCain just needs a little more time to learn about it all, since he's said that he doesn't know that much about economics and just a few weeks ago assured us that the economy is fundamentally strong.

Clearly it's posturing. Not that he's the only one posturing here, but that's what it is. And regardless of what he intends, he's making it look like he's trying to avoid the debate.

[33girl]

Blowing off Dave = worst move EVER. Especially blowing him off for Katie Couric whose stock is falling faster every day.

This reminds me of President Johnson saying if he'd lost Cronkite (re Vietnam) he'd lost America.

And no, I don't think I am overdramatizing this. I don't know what his advisors are thinking (if he even has them) but this was an incredibly boneheaded thing to do.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Blowing off Dave = worst move EVER. Especially blowing him off for Katie Couric whose stock is falling faster every day.

This reminds me of President Johnson saying if he'd lost Cronkite (re Vietnam) he'd lost America.

And no, I don't think I am overdramatizing this. I don't know what his advisors are thinking (if he even has them) but this was an incredibly boneheaded thing to do.

LOL, I was JUST going to post on this. http://blogs.thetimes.co.za/minor/20...mpaign-or-not/

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by 33girl

Blowing off Dave = worst move EVER. Especially blowing him off for Katie Couric whose stock is falling faster every day.

And Letterman really did skewer McCain. And Sarah Palin.

And frankly, I thought that was some well-taken skewering. Palin is qualified to run the country on Day 1, but she can't step-up to the lead position for in the campaign for a few days?

FWIW (which may not be much), early polls are seem to be showing that McCain's move isn't being received well over all.

[DaemonSeid]

and Gallup doesn't show him moving at all:

http://www.gallup.com/poll/110647/Ga...oint-Edge.aspx