McCain On The Run: Cancels Press Availability

Marc Ambinder reports that John McCain's one press conference of the week has been abruptly canceled:

The one scheduled McCain press conference of the week has just been canceled, we are told. No word as to why. Grumble, grumble.

Why? Scheduling. Which is like answering "food" to "what did you eat for breakfast."

Ambinder offers a relatively innocuous explanation:

My bet is that the campaign much prefers local and regional interviews. Us national press folks will ask qualitatively different questions -- McCain v. the press, McCain v. history, McCain v. Obamania... The priority here in northern Pennsylvania's 10th Congressional district is on getting good local news coverage.

But Ben Smith sees more, pointing out that Obamania is the least of McCain's worries right now:

Despite the press crowd around Obama, McCain's avail today was the one with more promise to make news:

He hasn't explained what he meant by juggling the timeline on the surge and Awakening (though his staff did the best salvage job possible); whether he meant that Obama was deliberately selling out the country; whether he shares his campaign's grievance with the press; or what he thinks of his staff's genocide-themed attack.

And now he's canceled the avail.

Comments

[Kim445588]

And to think, McClone and the media used to be like peas and carrots.

Run McClone Run!

[CocteausTwin]

When KO just said McCheese was in the cheese aisle, I though the was but joking. ANd then I see the backdrop of Velveta and other American cheeses. Whine anyone?

[CocteausTwin]

I hit the button once -- I swear!

[Rumplestiltskin]

sure. Your keyboard sent a double signal, just this one time. Check it for gremlins. If that isn't the cause, immerse it in Clorox to clean out any impurities.

[Chillinout]

So your posts double, while I am not able to post, only reply. I think you are stealing my posting ability!

[NochlessMonster]

Sure.... suffering from a little bit of the Mavericky maverickness are we?

[NochlessMonster]

And his explanation was just like the Swiss Cheese........ full of holes.... I am still trying to figure out what the heck he meant by his explanation.......... my head hurts now......

[Rumplestiltskin]

Didn't you read the warning label on the hammer?

[CocteausTwin]

Very good one! If it weren't for the witty and well informed, my head would be filled with as many holes.

[CarrieAntigua]

when McChucky Cheese wipes something from his eye he is bending the truth...
his explanation confounded KO tonight...and everyone watching...too many obvious lapses between the synapses....

[CtJean]

I honestly tried to follow his explanation. I could not, it could have been in pig latin.

When my cat meowed, I understood her, it was simple, scratch my ears, feed me, etc.

jonymac - one note - need to be put into a comfortable home and visited on occasion

he should not be allowed even near the capitol of our country - it's over for him

[Rumplestiltskin]

Whine country in California is pretty solidly Democratic. No Veleeta there, not even in queso. BUT, thankfully it is an illegal immigrant haven city. Grape pickers do jobs Mericans won't.

[CocteausTwin]

Shut it RumpledForeSkin, sod off you wanker.

[TAC]

"Whine country in California is pretty solidly Democratic. No Veleeta there, not even in queso. BUT, thankfully it is an illegal immigrant haven city."

Psst... California is a state, not a city. No Lieberman to whisper in your ear?

[JiminNC]

Crumpledforeskin is looking for some bonus McGoo points tonight!

[TLV]

There's been a tanker accident and a lot of oil has been spilled in the Gulf. Obviously, it's all Barack Obama's fault.

[CocteausTwin]

When KO said McCheese was in the cheese aisle, I though the was but joking. ANd then I see the backdrop of Velveta and other American cheeses. Whine anyone?

[groucho]

He's taking a refresher class on "Wisdom 101". (See his new ad, for context)

[MissKaren]

He and his team need to talk about his press and how the media is starting to wake up. I saw an interveiw on ABC's nightly news that was very, very challenging to McCain. I think the Kool Aid has begun to wear off. He seems to have been given talking points that he sticks to because he's afraid to deviate from them but which are not relevant to the questions asked.

[ButterflyWeed]

Tis only McMalice's campaign recognizing the fact that he polls better when seen and not heard.

[white mende man]

McSurge says the surge is working so he doesn't have to.

[NochlessMonster]

Which surge might that be? The first surge, or the surge that came before that.... or was it the one after that? I am so confused now........

[white mende man]

i believe you are referring to the the mother of all surges, the one that started when Saddam attacked our freedoms.

[apogee2perogee]

It was the pre-surge, which was revealed during the anticipatory-surge and will be supplanted soon, hopefully, by the post-surge.

[MiddleRoad1]

Well, surge apparently means counter-insurgency, so we have had the surge for a few years now

[scouserinlondon]

Surge after surge after surge does tend to blow your mind.

[CtJean]

No No he means the serge in his suit - the fabric - that came before the surge, surge,

If I hear him say surge one time I will projectile vomit - now that's a surge I can believe in

[Bitsko]

Maybe he's busy following bin Laden to the gates of hell.

[Rumplestiltskin]

One too many listenings to Tom Petty's "Won't Back Down?"

[CtJean]

He wants to get there first so he can open the gate - he's so helpful - what a nice boy

He even fixes his momma's speeding tickets. What a guy!

[HarryTheHat]

Perhaps, when Senator McCain finally does get around to his next press conference, apart from explaining his many recent gaffes, misstatements and plain ole screw-ups, a journalist could ask him to reconcile these two statements:

1. [From the Katie Couric/CBS interview this week]
Couric: You have said, quote, “I know how to win wars.” Which war, Sen. McCain, are you referring to?

McCain: Bosnia. Kosovo. First Gulf War. The conflict in Iraq. To name a few. I’ve been engaged in every single one of them, and in a decision-making process as one of the senior members of the Armed Services Committee.

2. McCain on Bosnia: April 23, 1993
“If we find ourselves involved in a conflict in which American casualties mount, in which there is no end in sight, in which we take sides in a foreign civil war, in which American fighting men and women have great difficulty distinguishing between friend and foe, then I suggest that American support for military involvement would rapidly evaporate.”

[WhiskyDave]

Hey everyone!
I am a gun owning, gay rights supporting, liberal minded straight man from Southwest Florida.
Occasionally I mispell words, but I'm sure all you wonderful and courteous people will forgive me.
Anyways, I just wanted to introduce myself to the community and say howdy do! In response to this story, perhaps Sen. McCain should use the Velvet Underground's "Run Run Run" as this week's campaign song. Next week it will probably be something else. Anyways, "my friends", gotta go help with dinner. I look forward to some lively discussions in the near future.
Peace. Live it, or rest in it.

[MIMom]

for the 2nd time....really HuffPo...


Welcome!

[nikto]

What a COWARD John McCain has become.

Unsuitable for President--By a Country Mile!!!!!

[CocteausTwin]

Can we all say "McChickenShit"?

[Chillinout]

I am replying to this post because it seems that I can no longer post a comment on my own. When I try to, it tells me to "login or create AND account." Now what does login or create and account mean exactly?

[abby4ever]

Me t6oo, just ignore it and reply instead, as you just have.

[CocteausTwin]

Try going straight to the bottom of the page (the "end" key will do it (you may have to click anywhere on the page first (besides links or buttons))) ;^)

[hfreedom]

I am having the same problem. I thought it was operator error.

[gladys46]

Sometimes I think the mods put sh%t on cruise control ... leave us and go out to get some! 20 mins. to post 2 wrds.

[TLV]

I know...that "and" has been buggin' me for some time now.

[abby4ever]

It could be something else. A tantrum. To me it feels more like that than a dash for cover, but it might be both.

[dentuso]

Deep fried.

[CocteausTwin]

You are splitting my side tonight, thanks.

[NochlessMonster]

With gooey mavericky cheese sauce which he was seen promoting today at a free give away at the market..........

[CtJean]

With a bud for a chaser

[dentuso]

Countdown to when KO rips Scaborough a new one: 20 mins.

[gladys46]

Anxiously waiting

[CtJean]

Did I miss it?

[hfreedom]

Can't wait! He's on the same list as CNN, FOX in my book.

[apogee2perogee]

Plus, Harry Shearer. Tear 'em up, Harry.

[MissKaren]

KO should pay McCain for giving him such good lines.

[Kim445588]

Oh this should be interesting.

[Ariadne]

He must have been scared only one reporter would show up.

[whiteboyblues]

You can run but you can't hide you old geezer!

[thundermummy]

He can't run, he'd break a hip.

[momofsonofwar]

or did he (brake his hip by throwing a tantrum)