The banking crisis, in the manner of its management, now looks like the October surprise one week early and with one week longer to turn it to advantage.
What is shocking about the presentation by Bush -- and the deal that is unfolding is that we don't see any acceptance of responsibility for the failure of his team's stewardship of the economy.
Is this what a senior campaign staff would look like having just been forced to take earth-stopping measures in response to a national crisis they likened to 9/11?
Unfortunately, insurgents in Iraq don't stop shooting at us, or setting IEDs, because our Commander in Chief needs a breather to figure out Wall Street.
If what we've seen from the senator so far is him "focusing" on the economy -- what the hell is he like when he's multitasking?
Joined by former President Bill Clinton I announced that San Francisco will have new and improved government center will maximize energy and water efficiency, reduce waste, and increase the use of wastewater.
Does McCain mean he will pull the TV ad blaming Obama for the Fannie/Freddie problem without disclosing that McCain's campaign manager's firm makes $15,000 a month from Freddie?
Candidates for President answering questions about the preeminent issue of the day? An open discussion on the subject before the American people? In an election year? Please.
Welcome to America® where government agencies are now store fronts and everyone makes a profit. Except the shoppers. We used to be citizens. Now we are all mall rats.
Neither McCain nor Obama are the prime movers in the Senate on the issue of a bailout. Their job is to fight for the presidency, and it's one that Obama is winning right now.
If Paulson's arrogant tactic of demanding instant action because of impending catastrophe sounds vaguely familiar, it's because it evokes how the same Bush administration rushed through the Patriot Act.
It's not that the McCain campaign doesn't want to have this debate; it's that they don't want to have it now. They think it is terrible timing for their side.
Bush was able to debate Kerry while he was president. For all of his sudden urgency, McCain acknowledged just yesterday that he had not even read the administration's three-page bailout proposal.
