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Quick Hit: McCain suspends campaign, calls for Obama to do the same
Feministing — ... with the leadership from both houses of Congress, including Senator Obama and myself," McCain told reporters in New York. "It is time for both parties to come together to solve this problem." It was not immediately clear how extensive the suspension he announced would be -- whether it would include dropping television advertising or just canceling scheduled appearances. McCain took no questions after reading his statement. Via CNN More at Think Progress ...

McCain Wants A Time Out -- But Why?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... 4) For all of his sudden urgency, McCain acknowledged just yesterday that he had not even read the administration's three-page bailout proposal. ...

McCain Wants A Time Out -- But Why?
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... 4) For all of his sudden urgency, McCain acknowledged just yesterday that he had not even read the administration's three-page bailout proposal. ...

Goldfarb: Can’t Show Weakness In Front Of The Russians!
Wonk Room — ... that members of McCain’s own staff were deeply impressed by his response to the Russian invasion — bellicosity, after all, qualifies as good policy in conservativeland — I actually think it probably did more in the long run to hurt him by highlighting his tendency to perpetually careen from crisis to crisis, an image that was finally and forever cast in granite when, in a matter of days, he went from barely noticing the economic collapse to frantically suspending his campaign to deal with it. Meanwhile, the fact that Obama undertook a ...