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An Alternative to Delaying the Debate
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — ... Joe Klein: "Perhaps, if he's really interested in this financial stuff, McCain should propose that he and Obama change the topic from foreign policy to economics this Friday night -- they could even stage the debate in Washington, so they wouldn't have to stray far from the bailout negotiations. I'm sure their fellow members of the Senate won't mind if McCain and Obama spend a few hours enlightening the public on this crucial subject." ...

Three Hail Marys
Comments from Left Field — ... Joe Klein is spot on when he calls out John McCain for what he rightfully sees as a “gimmick”.  Rep. Barney Frank, who is actually leading the way in negotiating a bailout deal with the administration joins Klein in ...

McCain's Debate Decision
A Blog For All — Sen. John McCain has stated that he would suspend his campaign and hoped to delay the first debate scheduled for Friday because of the fiscal crisis and that Democrats and Republican leaders, plus Sen. Obama and himself could work out a deal to figure out how to deal with the toxic paper crisis. Democrats sneered at the idea. They mocked him as did ...

McCain's desperate political stunt
The Reaction — By Michael J.W. Stickings Joe Klein makes pretty much the same point as Creature: "McCain suspends his campaign because of financial crisis? Oh please. Given today's poll numbers -- even Fox has him dropping -- it seems another Hail Mary (like the feckless selection of Palin) to try make McCain seem a statesman, which is difficult given the puerile tenor of his campaign's message operation. It's a gimmick, a stunt. He's not putting ...

Is McCain Flailing?
Weekly Standard Blog — John Podhoretz takes on the already congealing conventional wisdom that McCain suspended his campaign in response to a couple of bad polls.

McCain's Latest Stunt Backfires... Badly
DownWithTyranny! — ... As you can see on the CNN.com Quick Vote, 71% of voters think McCain's announcement is "a political gimmick" and 24% see it as an actual effort to help the economy. Newt Gingrich sees it as an opportunity for Republican incumbents to worm out of debates and is urging congressional candidates to follow McCain's lead, something many have been doing anyway, trying their best to avoid answering embarrassing questions about rubber stamp voting records and huge "donations" from Big Oil and Big Banks followed by votes that clearly helped Big Oil and Big Banks and hurt average ...

TIME's Joe Klein: Gimmicks 'R' Us
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — TIME's Joe Klein: McCain suspends his campaign because of financial crisis? Oh please. Given today's poll numbers--even Fox has him dropping--it seems another Hail Mary (like the feckless selection of Palin) to try make McCain seem a statesman, which is difficult given the puerile tenor of his campaign's message operation. Perhaps, if he's really interested in this financial stuff, McCain should propose that he and Obama change the topic from foreign policy to economics this Friday night--they could even stage the debate in Washington, so they wouldn't have to ...

McJerk's political stunt
WTF Is It Now?!? — ... Holy crap. Time's erstwhile gpuke cheerleader Joe Klein: "McCain suspends his campaign because of financial crisis? Oh please. Given today's poll numbers -- even Fox has him dropping--it seems another Hail Mary (like the feckless selection of Palin) to try make McCain ...

McCain: Release the Hounds!
Politics Daily — Filed under: Barack Obama, John McCain, Featured Stories, Sarah PalinWhat else is John McCain supposed to do? He can't win on the issues. He can't win using gimmicks. His only choice is to try to slash and burn. To strike fear in the hearts of the American electorate. Hey, when even Karl Rove declares that the Republican is about to lose the race, you know that said Republican will be getting busy with some Karl Rove tactics to try to cook up some panic. And so, this is how the final month of the campaign will play out. Like a faint, fading echo, McCain's promises to rise ...