Is John McCain's stated desire to suspend the campaign and postpone the first debate a cynical move made of desperation or a genuine response to the economic crisis? Yes.
McCain's appeal is a cynical move based on a genuine economic crisis. Not the economic crisis in Washington. The financial crisis is in McCain's campaign. McCain has only $85 million to play with. Even though the RNC is skirting the fringes of election law and subsidizing McCain's ad campaign, McCain is still at a disastrous financial disadvantage. Obama plans to spend $40 million in Florida alone.
Every day McCain can shave from the remaining forty odd days left in the campaign via "suspending" his campaign makes his financial disadvantage less significant. Con the media into giving him free airtime to cover his "surprising announcement?" Good. Bully Obama into pulling ads? Even better.
Here's an idea: instead of suspending the campaign, why not have the number twos on the ticket go to Washington where they can observe first hand and keep the candidates and the American people informed? I am sure Joe Biden and Sarah Palin, as potential Vice-Presidents and potential Presidents, are more than up to the task.
I'll admit, I made that last suggestion out of cynical motivations. See, even though it sounds really thoughtful and genuine, it's just an effort to score cheap points on the incompetence of the Republican vice presidential nominee.
Wonder where I learned that from.
The pure cynicism of McCain's ploy is that he is making the ultimate political move in the name of being above politics. Karl Rove must be proud of his pupil. McCain is embracing the power of the Dark Side.
The onetime maverick is now more machine than man.
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there is another story from the Associated Press along the same lines.
Most of talking heads initially badly misunderstood Palin's impact. The poll numbers will tell a true story soon enough on this issue. Patience.
If McCain is not able to make it to the debate he should send in his number two "Palin" . It's time for the VP candidate to take the field. I'm sure Palin will have no trouble debating Obama.
Give me a break! How dumb does he think we are?
Or better yet...how dumb does he think Sarah Palin is?
After the crises he can run again in 2016.
Here is the math.
At http://www.boppoll.com, 1 person can bop at a rate of about 60 bops per minute. 1000 people can do 60,000 bops per minute. 100,000 can add 6,000,000 bops per minute.
Team Obama! Let's add some serious bops to McCain's number now that he is on hiatus from the presidential campaign.
Or is it...
Bush Suspends Economy Because of McCain Campaign Crisis
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McCain's ploy, may be a way of canceling the VP debates, all together. If the presidential debates are bumped up to the VP time slot, and the rest of the debates are held on schedule, Sarah won't be falling on her face in front of a national audience, will she?
It may be that McCain is not ducking his debates so much as attempting to rearrange things so that Palin won't have to go up against Biden.