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McCain Sees Poll on Economy - Suspends Campaign
Taylor Marsh — ... Washington Post: McCain to Suspend Campaigning to Focus on Economic Crisis. What exactly "suspending campaigning" means we don’t know, but it’s great in a headline. Letterman will also have to do without him. ...

BREAKING: Ha Ha, McCain Wants To Postpone Debate Because He’s Losing Because He’s So Worried About Economy
Wonkette » top — Here’s your Associated Press bulletin: AP NewsAlert Sep 24 02:51 PM US/Eastern NEW YORK (AP) - John McCain wants to delay debate with Obama to focus on economic crisis. Has there ever been another presidential campaign that consisted solely of dumb muppet stunts? [The Trail]

Shorter John McCain campaign
Sadly, No! — McCain to suspend campaigning to focus on economic crisis Barack Obama needs to stop kicking my ass for the sake of national unity! ...

Panicked over Economic Crisis, McCain Suspends Campaign, Calls for 'Delay' of Friday's Debate
The BRAD BLOG — ... Telegraphing panic over the economic crisis to his fear-addicted followers, John McCain has announced he is suspending his campaign and that he wants to delay the debate Friday night, according to Washington Post... ...

Mmm...Mavericky!
Shakesville — ... Republican presidential nominee John McCain this afternoon said he would suspend his presidential campaign tomorrow to return to Washington and help reach agreement on a plan to solve the financial crisis on Wall Street and called for Friday night's presidential debate to be delayed. (Link.) ...

McCain did WHAT? Is he out of his mind?!?!
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily — McCain is suspending his campaign? Is he frucking serious? In all my years of politicking I have never seen a more out of control candidate than John McCain nor a more out of control presidential campaign like the one his advisors and campaign managers are waging. That's saying something after having to witness the train wreck that was the Hillary Clinton primary campaign. Does anybody remember the psychotic rantings of Hillary Clinton's surrogates, starting with Lainy Davis? That they compared to nothing coming out of the McCain campaign ...

Bush Admin To McCain: Help! Panicking! Send Booze!
Daily Kos — We were all waiting with baited breath for the official White House comment on McCain's re-discovery of the  Senate chamber... and here it is: "We welcome Sen. McCain's announcement," said White House spokeswoman Dan Perino in a statement. "We are making progress in negotiations on the financial markets rescue legislation, but we have not finished it yet. Bipartisan support from Sens. McCain and Obama would be helpful in driving to a conclusion. The financial market crisis is a big problem that requires a big solution, and solving this in a ...

Why Can’t McCain Enable Cheaper Legislation?
The Volokh Conspiracy — ... and the voters started to focus on Wall Street (not her strong suit, needless to say). So now he tries to gain political advantage by saying that he needs to focus on the planned legislation. (For those of you who doubt this is politically motivated, in their 2:30pm conversation today why didn't he propose that he and Obama release a joint statement about postponing the debate – a la the joint statement that Obama in fact proposed this morning on the substance of bailout legislation?) McCain’s intervention makes passage of the bill more likely. He did not say that he is going ...

Top Ten Cloves: Things John McCain will do Friday evening, instead of debating Barack Obama
The Reaction — By J. Thomas Duffy News Item: McCain Calls for Debate Delay to Focus on Financial Crisis 10. Practice sending emails and using The Google 9. Teach Sarah Palin something ... Anything! 8. Work on his Electric Car Battery 7. Write up some new POW-POW-POW excuses 6. Call Phil Gramm back, for advice, and promise, on this call, he'll ...

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 ...

9/30: Bailout Fallout
Blogometer — ... that this was a major political blow to John McCain , considering that he suspended his campaign in an effort to save the negotiations. $700 BILLION BAILOUT: Yes, It Deserved To Die, And I Hope It Burns In Hell! Most liberal bloggers are pleased that the bailout bill failed: ...