should they suspend the campaigning?

[thesightless]

mccain saying he wants to suspend his campaign and get back to washingotn and also to re-shedule the debate..

frankly im all for it.

anyone have thoguhts on this, even it means pushing the election back a few weeks. (just as long as bush still has to hand over power on the normal date please.)

[Miroslav]

Re: should they suspend the campaigning?

makes a lot of sense to me.

[Jenks]

Re: should they suspend the campaigning?

McCain doesn't know shit about the economy, yet he wants to go back and work on it?

Nicely timed for him, since he's been getting clobbered in the polls the last two weeks.

But what can you (obama) really say at this point? Say no, and you're attacking his leadership because when the country is in crisis he wants to be in the trenches (regardless of wether not he can do anything or understands anything about it) Say yes, and McCain has led the charge and you're following his lead. I think it's strictly a political move, and a nice one at that.

Fine, postpone the debate, but the election should not get postponed. Nov 4th its on.

Really, what are Obama and McCain going to do to help besides try to play up their leadership and speak loudly using big words and try to move election chess pieces? It's all nonsense if you ask me.

[ddr]

Re: should they suspend the campaigning?

dont know myself....

this, in no way, is going to fix the problems with our financial markets. there is no one easy fix, they just keep delaying the bigger problem imo.

but, on the other hand, congress and etc, should take a bigger and more in depth look into this proposed bailout and make sure that it has good intentions.

last time we had bush ordering people to pass a bill overnight was the patriot act, and look how bright of a gem that turned out to be =\

McCain doesn't know shit about the economy, yet he wants to go back and work on it?

Nicely timed for him, since he's been getting clobbered in the polls the last two weeks.

But what can you (obama) really say at this point? Say no, and you're attacking his leadership because when the country is in crisis he wants to be in the trenches (regardless of wether not he can do anything or understands anything about it) Say yes, and McCain has led the charge and you're following his lead. I think it's strictly a political move, nice one at that.

Fine, postpone the debate, but the election does not get postponed. Nov 4th its on.

agree 100%. a brilliant political move thats for sure.

[Steve Graham]

Re: should they suspend the campaigning?

this whole mess is like plugging little holes in a dike with bubble gum, when inevitably the whole thing is going to crumble

[88Mariner]

Re: should they suspend the campaigning?

this isn't about governing, this is about politics. so was his picking of Palin. He could care less how things turn out so long as he gets elected.

[Huggie Smiles]

Re: should they suspend the campaigning?

the debate should defo go ahead IMO

[sammwalk]

Re: should they suspend the campaigning?

A McCain senior adviser said that Obama called McCain early Wednesday morning to asking a joint statement of "shared principles and conditions" for the bailout proposal.

An Obama campaign source confirmed the call and said that McCain returned his call six hours later, and accepted the concept and suggested the two of them return to Washington to join the negotiations.

such a transparent political move. and the campaigns won't stop, even if they say they will. give me a break.

[sammwalk]

Re: should they suspend the campaigning?

John McCain's request to delay campaigning and this week's debate is:

An effort to help the economy 27% 6764
A political gimmick 69% 17279
Something else 5% 1158

[sammwalk]

Re: should they suspend the campaigning?

obvious political maneuver. and when you look at this is flies in the face of any cease-fire agreements between the campaigns:

Although Mr. McCain was the first to emerge on Wednesday afternoon and announce a change in campaign plans, Mr. Obama apparently began the exchange with his Republican rival hours earlier.

“At 8:30 this morning, Senator Obama called Senator McCain to ask him if he would join in issuing a joint statement outlining their shared principles and conditions for the Treasury proposal and urging Congress and the White House to act in a bipartisan manner to pass such a proposal,” said Bill Burton, the spokesman for the Obama campaign.

[88Mariner]

Re: should they suspend the campaigning?

being that McCain is the least present member of the senate for votes, and that he believes the fundamentals of the economy are fine, and that he's taken a private discussion public for his own potential benefit, and that suggesting bringing the campaigns to capital hill won't politicize anything....

....one has to wonder: has this guy lost it completely?

[thesightless]

Re: should they suspend the campaigning?

^^^

which is why i discounted him at 10% of the vote, yet, american stupidity threw him back in...... god i pray barr pulls a rabbit out of a hat in this vote. i honestly cannot fathom how he is even reotely in this race. i mean, obama should have like 80% by now. and he is a story teller on teh lines of tolkein. we really need to disallow voting for everyone except people with collegiate degrees in a science, history or mathematics feild....

[Jenks]

Re: should they suspend the campaigning?

The guy that said, "The fundamentals of the economy are strong" just last monday, wants to go to Washington to work on the struggling economy. Can't make this kind of shit up. LOL.

[shosh]

Re: should they suspend the campaigning?

oh shit, obama just denied him... in b4 blast ads

[runningman]

Re: should they suspend the campaigning?

The guy that said, "The fundamentals of the economy are strong" just last monday, wants to go to Washington to work on the struggling economy. Can't make this kind of shit up. LOL.

There should be a headline "Republicans are Constant Liars"

and underneath it also "So are Democrats"