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McCain Moves To Delay Debate, Suspend Campaign
Open Left - Front Page —
MSNBC reports that McCain is asking for the debate on Friday to be delayed, in order to return to Washington and focus on the financial "crisis." He has also suspended campaign events after Thursday. ...
Breaking News: McCain to Suspend Campaign
The Latest on Air America —
Breaking News: McCain to Suspend Campaign By Tim Einenkel [image] Flickr: Creative Commons by soggydan NBC News is reporting: NEW YORK - Sen. John McCain today called for a delay in Friday's presidential debate with Sen. Barack Obama, which is scheduled to be held in Oxford, Miss. The Republican presidential hopeful said that he will suspend his campaign tomorrow in order to return to Washington to deal with the economic crisis. ...
Breaking News! McCain Seeks to Delay Debate
The Latest on Air America —
According to MSNBC, Senator John McCain's campaign is in discussions with the Obama camp to delay the Friday's first presidential debate due to the economic crisis. (Not because his press conference blew cookies yesterday.) MSNBC Reports: NEW YORK - Sen. John McCain today called for a delay in Friday's presidential debate with Sen. Barack Obama, which is scheduled to be held in Oxford, Miss. The Republican presidential hopeful said that he will suspend his campaign tomorrow in order to return to Washington to deal with the economic crisis. Developing....
McCain To Suspend Campaign To Focus on Bailout, Urges Obama To Join Him
The Moderate Voice —
... in order to return to Washington to focus on the bailout legislation. He has also called for Friday’s debate to be postponed. ...
OK, I give. John McCain really is insane
Corrente —
CNN:
Republican John McCain said Wednesday he is directing his staff to work with Democrat Barack Obama’s campaign and the presidential debate commission to delay Friday’s debate because of the economic crisis.
Or gutless. Or not confident in his policies.
Why on earth postpone the debate? So it can take place when it would be less important? If you believe the Village — though I’m not sure I do — this is the most important financial crisis since the 1930s.
Don’t the American ...
McCain wants to delay Friday's debate
Daily Kos —
MSNBC: Republican John McCain says he's directing his staff to work with Barack Obama's campaign and the debate commission to delay Friday's debate because of the economic crisis. In a statement, McCain says he will stop campaigning after addressing former President Bill Clinton's Global Initiative session on Thursday and return to Washington to focus on the nation's financial problems. Here's a better idea, use the time to discuss this crisis. Let's have a debate on the economy. Update: McCain is ...
There’s No Time Outs in the White House
The Republic of T. —
This is the weakest shit I’ve heard in a long time.
Republican John McCain said Wednesday he is directing his staff to work with Democrat Barack Obama’s campaign and the presidential debate commission to delay Friday’s debate because of the economic crisis.
In a statement, McCain said he will stop campaigning after addressing former President Clinton’s Global Initiative session on Thursday and return to Washington to focus on the nation’s financial problems.
The Republican presidential hopeful called Obama before he made ...
Instead Of Canceling The Debate . . .
TalkLeft —
... as John McCain has proposed, why not have a discussion about the Wall Street credit/mortgage crisis instead? John McCain can discuss what he thinks is important about it and what we should do about it and Obama can do the same. ...
Country First? McCain Suspends Campaign to Deal With Economy
Stop The ACLU —
Update: The University of Miss says the debate will go on. …. campaign ads go dark! He has also called for Friday’s debate to be postponed….wow! John McCain asked the Presidential Debate Commission on Wednesday to postpone Friday’s scheduled debate with Barack Obama so that he can work on the financial crisis bailout plan now on Capitol Hill. The Arizona Republican senator said he will suspend his presidential campaign on Thursday to return to Washington to help with bailout negotiations. He urged Obama to do the same. Country first, though the other side is ...
Paul Helmke: Being "Deeply Saddened" At Gun Violence Is Not Enough
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Yes, the President has a lot on his plate. Yet not only did then-Senator Obama contemplate this heavy workload, he campaigned for it. As a presidential candidate, he famously said last September, "It's going to be part of the president's job to be able to deal with more than one thing at once." ...
