Bailout Failure Puts McCain At A Political Dead End

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AP Reported this morning on the damage the failed bailout bill has done to John McCain's campaign:

Republican John McCain has maneuvered himself into a political dead end and has five weeks to find his way out.

Last Wednesday, McCain suspended his presidential campaign to insert himself into a $700 billion effort to rescue America's crumbling financial structure. In so doing, he tied himself far more tightly to the bill than did his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama.

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Comments

[AdLib]

As the rest of the week goes by...and if Wall Street doesn't crash...and life as we know it goes on...doesn't the argument for the desperate need to give the financial crooks $700 billion become a bit weaker?

Maybe a stalemated Congress is a blessing in this case.

[BIG JOHN]

OBAMA UP BY SEVEN IN PHILY, MISSIOURI IS A DEAD HEAT, OBAMA UP BY SEVEN IN MICH. DID I SAY MO. WAS A DEAD HEAT WOW.

[Klip]

That's great news but remember, folks in those areas have the attention span of fruit-flies....
One depressing NASCAR race and they'll get moody and (even more) bitter.

[justsomeguywhocameby]

FL +3
unbelievable

[RobertaInCT]

After the debate the McCain camp wants to let the real Sarah Palin. We can only hope that that means she will be out campaigning with out McCain...........Motor-mouth on the loose............:)

[ggmome]

WELL THEN,,, Lies catch up with you don't they now! I want you to look We, the People in the eye, not in the TV tube, and tell all of us how truly SORRY you are for disrespecting yourself, your country and the world! There are leaders of the World, you must look in the eye...The Truth will one day set you free.

[exxonmobil4prez]

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2008/09/defazio_offers_alternative_to.html

[macbabe]

looks good to me, will enough listen to him?

[Chillinout]

There are a lot of alternatives to this bill and Congress isn't listening to ANY of them.

They are doing their job at all. What they are doing isn't in the best interests of the American people, but rather what is in the best interest of Wall Street and this administration.

[TiffanyHusseinBanned]

The old maverick lost a few steps. He is forgetting easy facts.

Chavez from Arabia? LOL

[GrouchoMarxist]

Is he confused? Or clueless?

Which is worse?

[WLA]

Well, they cover BOTH with their ticket.

[Grunty1]

Dunno which is worse, but one thing is clear:

Both disqualify the guy for the presidency.

[TiffanyHusseinBanned]

Obambie is getting in that empty head, Groucho.

McCain has lost that confidence.

[HypnoToad]

Both are lethal!

[Coinyer101]

yes. he crossed the venezuela/yemen border yesterday, by throwing a ladder agin the fence.

[k6007]

And, when BilC wanted to go after bin la den, mc was wondering if "he was such a bad guy, as they say he is"

[LAThinker]

He is becomming Sarah http://www.ucubd.com/Index.aspx?id=743&cid=3151151

[Chillinout]

They keep saying on TV that THIS bill needs to be passed. No, it doesn't. What needs to be passed is a bill that actually does what this bill is purported to do, but doesn't actually do.

Scrap this one and write a new one that Americans can get behind and then pass it in the House regardless of what the Repubs want.

OK, now they are saying that the taxpayer isn't going to be on the hook for anything and they might actually make money. So what changed between yesterday and today?

Nothing, just more spin to try and sell this load of c r a p to the American people.

Wake up people, when this administration is trying to sell something this hard, you know we, the taxpayer, are going to get scr ewed without even benefit of a reach around.

[GrouchoMarxist]

True. Doesn't have to be this bill. They have time now to sit down and put something sensible together.

[Grunty1]

The only problem is that Republicans don't do sensible. Even though Bush has been on his knees begging all week, he'll still veto a sensible bill.

[Chandidevi]

Read: www.bradblog.com Watch "Murder, Lies and Voting Lies" on Link TV (Ch. 375) tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET.

[kellygrrrl]

can't find the listing on my teevee

[Chillinout]

What people don't seem to realize is that TV channels are different all across the country. The only way they are the same is if it is satellite TV.

[tilted windmill]

10pm CDT. LinkTV is on 9410 for Dish Network subscribers. Murder, Spies and Voting Lies. Followed by Sen. Obama goes to Africa at Midnight CDT.

[larmarch5]

Look for more shake-ups in the Southeast. Those people are so really ticked off because of gasoline shortages. I think they'll blame republicans for the shortages and price gouging.

[dct1999]

Two of my brothers live in Charlotte, NC.

One ran out of gas while looking for a station that was open, the other waited in line for over 2 hours to buy gas. Their friend waited in line for almost 3 hours, and when he was the fourth one in line the station ran out of gas.

It is unbelievable.

[HypnoToad]

Yes my mother has told me that she has had to skip work a couple of times for fear of not being able to get gas.

[kutkreata]

Yes. I am in TN & we just got gas back last week after a horrible shortage from Gustav. We couldn't get gas anywhere. It was rough. I saw many Obama energy commercials during that time. I really think that may have helped him here.

[Grunty1]

I was in TN a month ago on business.

MN Price: 3.70 / TN Price: 3.30

Then I had to go back right after the hurricanes

MN Price: 3.30 / TN Price: 4.50

[kutkreata]

yes during the shortage, the sat b4 last, I waited in line for an hr to pay 4.79 per gallon. it was bad.

[hannitysux]

What if we did nothing ...and nothing really bad happened.

It's kind of like the war...fear, confusion, blind urgency...and total public detachment.

[AdLib]

Blue is such a beautiful color on a map, isn't it?

[Nochnoi]

It most certainly is..........

[LAThinker]

Yes it is but we should not think it will happen on its own

On Nov 4th Vote Hope, Vote Future, Vote Obama!!!

and make sure to spread the message .... http://www.ucubd.com/Index.aspx?id=770&cid=3151

[NochlessMonster]

You are correct, it won't happen on its own at all.... We really need to work now and get the job done!

[GrouchoMarxist]

Indeed it is.

[kevineight]

You gotta admit: The best thing that could ever happen to boost Couric's credibility was Sarah451.

[WLA]

It's true. Couric is a star again for not softballing the Russia-watcher.

[kevineight]

And yet she, Couric, manages to not be cruel. Actually, I don't think Sarah451 could be interviewed by a serious and competent journalist and not come across as an idjit.

[ECB]

Don't forget "In what respect Charlie" and the ladies of the view for pulling the mask off of this thing the repubs call a campaign.

[AdLib]

Maybe it's just an ego thing.

Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric have been slammed as lightweights this election as others have gained fans and ratings for going after McCaon and Palin.

This was their chance to shop they were smarter than Sarah Palin, not dumb enough to accept her BS.

WHo wants to be criticized as being more dimwitted than Palin?

It really seems a matter of survival, otherwise they'd lose all remaining credibility.

[PumaAnn]

Personally, I don't think the mainstream news has any credibility. They lost it in the primaries.

But.....hey, that's just me.

I watch PBS only.

[GrouchoMarxist]

I think you're right. They've been cheerleading for too long instead of doing their jobs, and when they started to get shown up by their betters, they decided they should start acting like reporters again.

[PumaAnn]

Well, I never watch Gibson, Couric or any of the mainstream people. The only reason I watched because of Sarah.

I wasn't impressed with Couric. I definitely found Gibson to be unusally distatesful.

I go with PBS for new.

[scandals&skeletons]

Palin was great though....a laugh a minute

[larmarch5]

Gwen Ifill of PBS will be asking the questions in the VP debate. Hope you appreciate her approach. Somehow, though, I think you'll blame her too if Sarah blunders.

[Freedomscap]

Why do you call Sarah 451?

[NochlessMonster]

She is in favor of banning books.... name is a takeoff from a novel called Fahrenheit 451... it is the temperature at which paper burns at......

[donaldw6]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451

[Freedomscap]

Velshi, at CNN, said failure of the bailout bill to pass, won't necessarily cause a credit freeze.

[ZHarris]

Velshi has no expertise beyond reading the Dow board...

[Bigeasy]

I can see one of McCain's hail mary passes coming, after the debate Thursday it could even get worse for McCain.

[Freedomscap]

Oh, we can expect some dramatic after the debate, most definitely.

[RobertaInCT]

And the lap-dog press will eat it up...............

[GrouchoMarxist]

Someone should tell him to quit throwing the ball to the other team...

[Nochnoi]

Pass is intercepted! Obama has the ball.... the 20, the 10.... Touchdown!!!!!! Team Obama wins the game! Yay!

[suzyhein]

farmington's gone too.

scotch anyone?

[SurferKit]

What? No!

[ZHarris]

I'll take a GlenFiddich... ;)

[suzyhein]

what is up???? something's not right.

[TiffanyHusseinBanned]

What hater is banning people?