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Pelosi & Reid: Debate should go ahead
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — From Huff Post: "The debate should take place as scheduled," Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in an interview with NPR to be broadcast this afternoon. "We have to be able to do a couple of things at once. That's what leadership requires."And here's Harry Reid: "I understand that the candidates are putting together a joint statement at Senator Obama's suggestion," said Sen. Harry Reid. "But it would not be helpful at this time to have them come back during these negotiations and risk injecting presidential politics into this process or distract ...

Obama responds to McCain’s “time out”: The debate should not be cancelled
Crooks and Liars — ... Although he wouldn’t answer direct questions about whether he thought McCain’s decision was politically-motivated, he went out of his way to make clear that he approached McCain first and that he thinks this is an ideal time for a debate because the American people deserve to know how the next President will solve these problems.  Download | Play   Download | Play Pelosi and Reid are calling McCain’s bluff: “The debate should take place as ...

McCain's Debate Decision
A Blog For All — ... 2) Obama rejects the deal, and McCain looks presidential while Obama looks partisan; and 3) Obama lets others answer for him. I don't particularly think it was a good idea for McCain to suspend his campaign to work on the fiscal crisis no matter how well intentioned. If anything, Democrats are portraying this as a sign of weakness and inability to handle multiple concerns at one time. In fact, the Obama campaign made that very point . They see this as a bluff, and claim to have called him on it . Sen. Harry Reid, the Senate Majority Leader, basically told ...