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Jonathan Garthwaite: To Debate Or Not To Debate...
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog — I tend to agree with Matt , Hugh , et al that McCain campaign suspension and questioning of the debate schedule was a smart decision. It hasn't been a great couple of days for the McCain campaign and McCain had to make sure the American public knew he was taking the economic situation seriously. That being said, in my humble opinion, McCain needs to be careful not to take it too far. To disarm unilaterally in the ad wars and risk looking weak as a no-show to Friday's debate would be disasterous. A new poll from Survey USA illustrates why the McCain strategy carries plenty of risk. Only 10-14% of respondents seem to agree with the ...

9/25: McCain Calls Time-Out
Blogometer — September 25, 2008 9/25: McCain Calls Time-Out Predictably, most conservative bloggers loved John McCain 's decision to suspend his campaign and return to Washington to work on the proposed $700 billion bailout plan. Righty bloggers are praising McCain's unconventional move as "politically sagacious" and "shrewd" . Hugh Hewitt declares: "The contrast between McCain as a leader and [Barack] Obama as a schemer has never been more clear than today." Just as predictably, liberal bloggers panned McCain's move, deriding it as a "cheap stunt" that demonstrates that McCain is "temperamentally unfit to be ...