Cut and Run: McCain's Financial and Political Crises

You're funny, VT!

You're funny, VT!

Bush & Co. want to turn over $700B taxpayer money to their cronies with no argument, yet ...

... you call Obama a Marxist???

You're funny, VT! You like high taxes as long as they're not called taxes!

McCain Ducks Debate

Yeah, Mr. Farrell, it is very difficult to see John McCain's posturing as more than a not very convincing avoidance excuse and I think it will damage him no matter whether he shows for the debate or not.

His choices are to show and get publicly slaughtered for his complicity in deregulating the banking system or to duck and cover and get panned as a chicken while all the air-time is awarded to Obama to elucidate his policies, positions and solution to the incredibly shameful financial mess that now sits squarely in the lap of the national Republicans.

Mr. McCain probably realizes that being humiliated on national television would have a devastating effect on his already declining numbers so any excuse, no matter how thin, is a welcome respite to him. However, I think the effect of ducking a presidential debate will follow him through the remaining days of this unique and extremely important election campaign. I don't expect him to show, since if he did, he would be reversing himself in order to receive humiliation at his opponent's hands. Either way, Mr. Obama continues to look better, cleaner, and more courageous and straight-forward every day. He also looks like the new kind of national leader America will need to lead them to shelter from the storms that are now gathering on every visible horizon. I hope this is clear to the majority of Americans.

Just a Few More Lies is OK?

RE: "Why are you soooo biased. I'm disgusted and very disappointed in our media which includes David Whiney Letterman."

So you are okay with your choice of president-to-be lieing to Letterman about getting on a plane for Washington, and then later being caught nearby in a TV make-up room before ANOTHER TV-show appearance?

Cut n' Run

McCain

If he were President would he answer the 3:00a call and say not tonight I need to get some more sleep. What a snuzzer and that ryhmms with you guessed it looooooooooooserrrrrrrrrr.

That's right - about even!

Obama is ahead by a bit for now....but I'm sure the balance will swing both ways several more times leading up to election day. Perhaps is the Democrats nominated a moderate like Evan Bayh or Mark Warner, they'd be ahead...I definitely would have considered voting for Warner!!! Obama is way too liberal.. And you can bring in all the data about contributions that McCain's aide received from Fannie & Freddie, but Obama, in his short partisan career on the national stage has amassed more contributions from Fannie & Freddie than John McCain ever has in twenty years.

Partisanship aside for a second, the race will continue to be exciting for all!

Decisive Leadership

Why is it that any action taken would be derided by the opposition whether it be good, bad or indifferent. What steps should Senator McCain take? Should he "be by the phone" as Senator Obama entailed? Or should a potential President, put politics aside, allow critics to harm him, take down his Campaign Ads and go back to Washington to help handle the crisis.

If you didn't catch thee latest, only 4 Republican Senators were slated to support the bailout, that spells defeat in anybody's book. It is too early to tell whether Senator's McCain's actions will result in success or failure, whether his Presidential hopes are severely harmed or helped by this action. But at least he took action.

Hmm it is also exceedingly odd that Senator McCain if he was "Cut and Run" as you surmise to choose to cut and run on a Foreign Policy debate where the Senator from Arizona holds a clear and obvious advantage to the young Senator from Illinois. If you are going to "Cut and Run" it seems like skipping out on the final economic debate would have been a better political move. But I don't think your opinion even contemplated that, because whatever Senator McCain did he would have been derided by the opposition.

Back To Reality

RE: "Are you that desperate for a Democrat to win the White House that you would imply, insinuate, or outright say that Senator John McCain is a "coward" for asking for a debate to be postponed -- not cancelled -- until this national financial nightmare is resolved?"

There was no need for McCain to get melodramatic as if he alone could save Wall Street. His role was of little importance here. He has no more power at this time than any other of many senators. Why the big show?

Hey Abortion Guy

Life begins with the breath--not at conception. Gen 2-7.

Be a Man if you want to be Next President

You fool me once, I am naive. You fool me twice, I am intransigent, but if you fool me three times, I know you are not fit to be my President. First, McCain promised he was going running a clean campaign, oops, he did it again. Second, he claimed to have to better judgment, and then he selected an unvetted governor from Alaska who has not been engage on neither international or national issues. Third, McCain saw he is behind in most Polls so in a desperate move, he wants to postpone the debate on Friday. Oops, HE DID IT AGAIN....Well, obviously, McCain puts the himself first and NOT "COUNTRY FIRST." I don't want a President that is this fragile and reckless with his decisions (a la Bush).

McCain chickens out

President Bush, "the Worst President in history" is able to manage two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, deal with the invasion of Georgia by Russia, manage the devastation in the Texas and Louisiana by a hurricane, deal with Korea reactivating their nuclear program, etc. McCain did not even read the three page bailout proposal until Tuesday. McCain then suspends his campaign “to provide leadership”? McCain has exposed the limits of his myopic mentality. If he honestly believes that the condition of the United States of America is more important than the campaign, he should give his concession speech today.