What a coward. Like his old pathetic ass will get anything done in DC over the weekend... Between him ducking out on a debate and Palin not taking any questions from reporters I'm beginning to think the GOP is chickenshit to debate the issues.

Well played, old man. (No offense, R. ;) )

This commitment from Mc is pretty dumb, though

McCain said if Congress does not pass legislation to address the crisis, credit will dry up, people will no longer be able to buy homes, life savings will be at stake and businesses will not have enough money

He was in a pretty good position to blame the Dems for the inevitably messy outcome. Not now.

I don't want McCain's "top economic advisors" anywhere near this. Deregulation squad is the problem and these are the guys behind it.

I guess all those lobbyists working for McCain's campaign are needed back in DC.

edit: Dangit, Hayduke, I should've have answered the phone while typing that. You beat me to it.

Three guesses as to who said this:

Unfortunately, that is the road that America may find itself on. Not necessarily this, as it’s been proposed, has to pass or we’re gonna find ourselves in another Great Depression. But there has to be action taken, bipartisan effort – Congress not pointing fingers at this point at … one another, but finding the solution to this, taking action and being serious about the reforms on Wall Street that are needed.

Blithering incoherence as a signature style. Why, that will never fly in American politics.

I agree, a pretty good political stunt. Now if Obama says that he wants to debate anyway, he looks like he's choosing politics over the people's business. If he goes along with the suspension, it implies that McCain had a the wisdom to suspend campaigning, and now Obama is following McCain's lead. In either case, Obama can be made to look bad. It seems like Obama's best option at this point is to insist the debate go forward and try to make McCain look bad for pulling a political stunt.

Interesting times, indeed!

Nick from Avvo

Hell-lo, McFly...

The Drama Queen Strikes Again

Good grief. More theatrics from the McCain campaign. Just what America needs.

I really hope the media treats this latest gimmick for what it is, a desperate attempt to capture headlines.

He might as well suspend it. McLame/Palin are getting their asses kicked.

But at least our nation's economic fundamentals are sound.

COUNTRY ABOVE POLITICS !!!
Both candidates are U.S. Senators.This financial crisis will be decided in the U.S. SENATE. Currently, the brilliant plan is that after this 7 hundred billion dollar bail out ... Pelosi and Reed will be in charge of picking who will be in charge of ongoing oversight for continued spending. God help us! This is another example of how Senator John McCain puts country first. All Obama cares about is winning the election at any cost. Obama neglected his duties as U.S. Senator before running for President, and especially after he began running for President. This 'bail out - quick fix" will negatively affect Americans for decades. Many of the bloggers who are criticizing McCain for this decision wouldn't recognize responsibility, or integrity if it bit them on the ass. Keep America strong and safe ... Elect McCain/Palin in November.

Pitch perfect Obama response:

Obama rejects McCain's call to delay debate

"It's my belief that this is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who, in approximately 40 days, will be responsible for dealing with this mess," Obama said at a news conference in Clearwater, Fla. "It's going to be part of the president's job to deal with more than one thing at once."

Pretty good recovery.

Timing of an expected compromise will be interesting. Will it come before the debate? Will it allow McCain to milk the agreement for political points.

Bush is about to address the nation. I wonder if he will even pretend to be interested?

Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.

Ha ha. The McCain camp is proposing to also delay the VP debate. That's rich.

Brian A.
I'd rather be cycling.

Jesse Taylor sez, Sarah Palin is Suzanne Stone Moretto from To Die For.


Oh yeah? Well John McCain is Andy Kaufman in Dadaist Mighty Mouse Skit.

Can't wait for Letterman tonite.

...this doesn't smell right. This is not the way a tested hero behaves. Somebody's putting something in his metamucil. And let's say there's a time of crisis, and the poor guy, he's a little older, about my age, and then Sarah Palin takes over as President, she ought to be ready, because she's handled crises like these in the past. Oh wait a minute, she really hasn't handled crises like these. You don't suspend your campaign.... you put in your second string quarterback.

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Well, now that you jerks have talked like "no nothings" and Obama has now decided to join them in Washington, otherwise he'll look more like the jerk he is, there may not be a debate.

You do a good job of sticking your shoes in your mouth to taste what you've walked on.

Obama is a looser.......

McCain's campaign is not suspended.

I just saw a McCain campaign commercial on WBIR (8:08am, Thursday, 9/25/08). "I'm John McCain and I approved this message..." and everything.

"Obama is a looser......."

A goodly number of pundits believe that one of the reasons Richard Nixon lost the debate with JFK in 1960 is because of his haggard expression and five o'clock shadow. Could it be that some staff member just failed to book an appointment for a makeover in time to make this Friday appearance?

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More seriously but still with snark lock on, we have one president. Doesn't McCain trust our only president with almost 8 years of POTUS experience to handle this without him? He already said the fundamentals are sound.

And when Obama was invited to DC, Obama should have told them he was flattered that they are relying on his expertise to get us out of this crisis. Maybe they also invited Rudy 9u11ani to provide the elitist sarcasm soundtrack.

It seems it would be important to have the debate tonight. They should possibly change the subject to the US economy vs foreign issues, or at the least interject the economy into part of the debate. This way the candidates can provide "reassuring" (Hah!) statements to the voters. Of course, I wonder how many voters even realize or understand there is an economic problem. Until it hits close to home it is not a problem.