Reid Disses McCain’s Plan to Come to DC: ‘Trying to Divert Attention From His Failing Campaign’

Isn’t Reid the guy who said he couldn’t stand John McCain, and now he is calling him “Friend.”
Wow. This man is a trip.

The real reason is obvious: the McCain camp is now arguing that the VICE presidential debate needs to be scrapped and “rescheduled.” Yeah, because we can’t have VICE presidential candidates debating a week from now.
This whole thing is an attempt to keep Palin from making a complete fool of herself in the debate with Biden.
This is such an obvious, desperate stunt that it is already backfiring.

Why can’t they do BOTH (debate and work on the bailout?) I mean, as president there will be almost DAILY instances of two more crisis at the SAME TIME. We will not be able to “time out” to focus on ONE THING.
Seriously, these guys want the job of president — well, then show me how you will handle multiple projects/crisis while under PRESSURE. Lots of pressure.
You want the job, then demonstrate that you can DO the job.
DO BOTH!

As a new grad with student loans, and having missed payments because I couldn’t find work, I know what financial crisis is. No one is bailing me out, though, and I don’t expect it. There were days I didn’t eat regularly. I’ve missed several payments, too. But now I got a job, and I can start making my payments again. This is how real people deal with financial crisis, by taking personal responsibility. No way am I going to support welfare for corporate exectutives.
I don’t believe the Bush administration on this, after eight years of lying to the American people. Who are they to be credible that we need to spend $ 700 B on a bailout, that is essentially welfare for corporations? NO WAY. There may or may not be a financial crisis, but this is not like a terrorist attack that sneaks up on us. I say no deal with the Bush administration. Let the banks fail, and then the American people can buy up the banks if necessary.
McCain is just playing politics. If he wants to suspend his campaign, then I say good, and let his campaign stay suspended.

Hey, why not have Palin debate Biden this Friday.
Or does our country need her to help bail out the economy?

“Seriously, these guys want the job of president — well, then show me how you will handle multiple projects/crisis while under PRESSURE. Lots of pressure.
You want the job, then demonstrate that you can DO the job.”
Obviously you didn’t see what Obama had to say?
“With respect to the debates, it’s my belief that this is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who, in approximately 40 days, will be responsible for dealing with this mess. And I think that it is going to be part of the president’s job to deal with more than one thing at once.”

Obama never accepted McCain’s invitation for town hall meeting, which means Obama doesn’t want to talk face to face. He likes talking separately with his supporters and assumes his policy is better than McCain’s.
To judge the debate we need to know who and what is right.
That’s why McCain is inviting Obama to Washington, to solve the problem with Bush together. That way, if Obama doesn’t agree with Bush’s decision, he should say that in front of Bush, not bad mouth at back. Also that way, we can know which way is right.
Obama misled voters to think he is better JUST because he is democrate.
I agree Bush didn’t do well.
But it’s time for both parties to unite together to solve the problem, not just sitting there blaming and spending money in ADs.
Country first.

The republicans should not be able to give away 700 billion dollars of money which is not even part of a surplus. The money will have to be paid sooner or later, possibly by much higher interest rates imported from China etc. To keep a long-term functioning banking system it is quite sufficiant to copy from other countries; up to $20,000 per account/bank is guaranteed by the government – and the rest is not… Otherwise it is just a way of moving massive amounts of money from ordinary working families and small companies over to the richest of the rich (but in such a complicated way that so few people understand so it is possible without removing all democracy first). But hey, while the republicans are crashing the economy, every family has at least received a tax refund check of a tiny amount ($600). Oooh, thanks, or something..

McCain running scared from the press, from the reporters, from the people, from his loosing campaign, and from the debate……after seeing his slide in polls…..what a WIMP!
While Palin is hiding from questions from people and reporters because she would not be able to defend some of her claims (practically lies)….and scared that people will find out how un-qualified she is.

Wow, that Biden FDR TV remark is STILL being misinterpreted! TRUE, no regular TV broadcasts until the mid-1930′s, although TV was “invented” in the mid-1920′s.
FALSE, Biden said “Franklin D. Roosevelt” not PRESIDENT Roosevelt. FDR began his radio Fireside Chats in 1929 when he was Governor of New York. During those chats he discussed the issues of the day, including (wait for it) the STOCK MARKET CRASH!!

American came to know about this Financial crisis week ago, and McCain has just realized it’s a crisis? I don’t think so…he is running scared from the dabate…after seeing the pole….as he had been running scared from the press, from the campaign..what a WIMP!
While Palin is running scared from the press, from the people knowing she would not be able to defend some of her claims (lies) and that people would find out how very un-qualified she is.

Who is suspending campaign to help sove the crisis created by DEREGULATION?….the SELF-describe DE_REGULATOR…..wow, if Americans fall for this that would mean we are getting dumber….no wonder we were fooled by Bush 4 years ago.

There’s is only one leader here and one person fit to lead this nation: Barack Obama. McCain and his ridiculous running rate are a disgrace.

Time for some Straight Talk
700 billion dollars is too vague. But across every taxpayer it is just over 5,000 dollars. So President Bush’s last act will be to gift the nation, and burden the next administration, with a tax increase of 5,000 dollars to every taxpayer. This for sleeping at the wheel with cronies as his political appointees. Will 700 billion be enough? I vaguely remember that we’d be greeted as liberators and the Iraq war would pay for itself.
As to McCain, not surprising he is rushing now to try to fix this mess as soon as possible. He doesn’t want anyone to talk about how he fully supported the deregulation, that now causes this 5,000 dollar tax increase.
What would it be worth to someone who does not own 13 cars? The average person could use 5,000 dollars, even at 4 dollars a gallon, to drive an average car for FREE for a year.
Or to put it in financial terms that someone who does not own 9 homes can understand. If your credit card balance is about 3,000 dollars, this Bush tax increase would have paid your credit card interest – for eleven YEARS…
Yeah. No wonder McCain suspends his campaign and wants to postpone the debates.

voterinamerica, after the 700 billion bail-out we will ALL be Socialists. As to the rest of it, right back at ya.

Roll Call: “McCain Holds The Key To … A Bipartisan Vote, According To Reid …” “McCain holds the key to such a bipartisan vote, according to Reid, because Republicans are likely to defer to his position on a bill that holds political peril. McCain on Tuesday night joined Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) in lending qualified support for the $700 billion package, but it remains unclear whether his backing is strong enough and timely enough to persuade the Congressional rank and file.” (Erin P. Billings and John Stanton, “Reid Seeks McCain Pledge,” Roll Call, 9/24/08)
Senator Reid Told Secretary Paulson That Senator McCain Was Necessary For Any Agreement. “According to a Democratic aide familiar with the discussions, Reid told Paulson this week that ‘if McCain didn’t come out for this thing and come out for it quickly, it was going to begin bleeding Republican votes.’ Democrats ‘have a very real concern that opposition [from McCain] is going to drive away potential Republican votes,’ this aide said.” (Erin P. Billings and John Stanton, “Reid Seeks McCain Pledge,” Roll Call, 9/24/08)
ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos: White House Has Been Told By Democrats “That There Is No Deal If McCain Doesn’t Go Along.” “A Democratic leadership source says that White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten has been told that Democratic votes will not be there if McCain votes no – that there is no deal if McCain doesn’t go along.” (George Stephanopoulos, “McCain; Holds Key To Administration’s Bailout Passage On Capitol Hill,” ABC News, 9/23/08)
So, from which side of Mr. Reid’s mouth should we listen?

If McCain were half the “Maverick” he claims to be, he’d say, let’s change Friday’s topic to the economy and talk about the issues most Americans are concerned about. Instead, he’d rather be behind closed doors in the senate, looking for photo-op (see, e.g., Palin trip to the U.N.) and to take credit for something he clearly knows nothing about (e.g., the Fundamentals of our Economy Are Strong!). The man has invented the Blackberry, he’s done his part and should not run away from a debate about America’s future. The troops in Iraq don’t get a time out.

McCain who’s been a “kept man” all his life knows nothing about being fiscally responsible. Look at his crowd: Phil Gramm (responsible for mortgage/Enron crisis,) Rick Davis (lobbyist for Fannie Mae and paid up until last month by them) was part of the Keating 5 (S and L scandal.) For a guy who didn’t pay his first wife’s medical bills – we’re suppose to trust him to get us out of the fix – his friends got us into?

McCain is in full panic mode. This is not a man we want to have his finger on the trigger.

McCAIN NEED S TO ADMIT IT:
SARAH PALIN IS A DISASTER.
DODGING DEBATES TO AVOID SCRUTINY IS COWARDICE.
McCAIN = CUT AND RUN
COWARD.

McCain needs a bailout.

Mr. 9% Approval Reid is a DISGRACE and EMBARRASSMENT, and the fact that Mr. “I got you into this mess” Dodd is presiding over crafting a solution is an absolute perversion.
The American people are outraged by Mr. Reid’s playing political football with this issue.

McLame is too afraid to debate because his Republican VOO DOO economics is a failure. When the government buys the houses and gives them to poor people it’s communism and Republican hate it. But when the government buys the houses and gives them to rich Republicans on Wall St, then it’s the free market.
Bull!!
No McLame, No McPalin, No McGOP!

To Sareena Jones:
I assume that you meant McCain is RICH and out of touch with the average Joe, right? And you believe that Obama is just average joe who understands your problems, correct?
What do you think average joe’s annual income? $40,000, $50,000, or $60,000?
So your man (Obama I assumed) will fix the economic crisis, right?
Have you seen his tax return (2007)?
How much do think his income is?
You probably believe that he would make LESS than McCain, right?
Well, here are the facts (based on Tax returns, if they lied, the will be prosecuted unless you are Charles Rangel chairman of the Ways and Means cmte.
McCain return around $400,000 with approx. $100,000 to charities.
Obama return around $4,000,000 with
approx. $1,000 to charities.
You think about it?

I would just like to ask a question. Is anyone aware of the debt that we OWE TO CHINA!?!?!
Can we really trust this party to continue making economic decisions on our behalf?
People, we are in debt to China? You are talking about whether Obama or McCain will be on Capital Hill to bail out the nations billionaires? Are you Serious?! Our nation is in shambles!! Do you seriously believe that the Republican party (More of the Bush Administration) has it’s finger on the pulse of this nation? Do you really believe they know what it is like to lose a home, or have no food to feed their children because you lost a job, that went OVERSEAS?
People, please look at the bigger picture, you are focused on the leaves on the trees that you are missing the fire in the forest!

I am so offended by the rediculous idea of bailing out the very institutions that created this mess, I can SCREAM!!
If we watch the news and believe what the bailout folks have to say on the topic, I can’t help but to see a little cartoon play in my head where two folks, a Large Corp. CEO and one of his employees is talking about why salary raises have a moratorium. The CEO is protecting his own financial future by attempting to get out of the RED on the backs of its employees, of course. And the employee wants to hear what the CEO has to say. When the CEO gets uncomfortable, trying to divert the lowly employee’s attention by quickly and quite intelligently says, in an excited tone (while pointing toward the sky) “Look! There’s Haley’s Comet!” They both get to talking about the comet and how we should all donate our food money to help save Haley’s Comet.
The logic doesn’t follow, and neither does the logic used by Government, Stock Exchanges,Banks, Mortgage Lenders.
The TRUTH is:
1. Some Lenders finaggled interest-only loans and Adj. Rate Mortgages, hoping the homebuyers’ income would increase with the mortgage rates, or that they could quick refinance their risky loan before the real world came crashing in.
For these loans, lenders, and homeowners, absolutely NO BAILOUT!!
2. Many, many CEOs and CFOs across this country survived this long on CREDIT and the backs of their lowest paid employees.
For these corporate execs, I say no pitty! You exploited your employees and still couldn’t make it because you were too busy pilaging the books and buying stocks, your 401Ks, houses and the like…
No BAILOUT!!!!!
3. Mortgage companies made a lot of MONEY on every single stable loan, sneaky ARM loan, and sleezy interest only loan. Some of these folks should be foreclosed on! ARMs and interest-only loans were never good financial decisions, and never will be. No BAILOUT!!!!
Some Homeowners were told the were getting certain terms on their mortgage loan only to find at the closing table their terms were different and their payment was double what was originally discussed. This happened to me and many lower income homeowners. I was too embarrased to think there was something in our conversations that I was too dense to understand. I never saw the closing documents until I walked into that room at the title company to sign my loan documents. When I saw I had no cash back, a payment $400 more than previously discussed, my mortgage company had waited for 1 month for this refinance, the room was buzzing with loan officers and their managers, I didn’t feel I could back out gracefully.
As a result, I signed the papers and congratulated the Mortgage Lender and Title Company on their sale. My Mortgage Lender soaked up my equity $ with fees! The loan was for 1/2 the falue of my home.
I struggled for a few months, and became late a few months down the road. They started foreclosure, and a
I had a breakdown. \
I am sure I am not the only one with this story. The Mortgage Giants made alot of money off of the loans they knew would not be payable. That was for the honest, hardworking consumer to figure out.
NO!!!! Do not bail out the Mortgage industry. NO, NO, NO!.
If our country’s Representatives and Senators saw what was happening (and they did)they absolutely have some gaul to request a bailout for anyone except those they defrauded out of their homes.
Stock Market Giants don’t get anything either. Look at the CEOs and CFOs of those Investment Houses. They got RICH speculating on Home Values and commodities. NO, NO, NO! NO BAILOUT for the folks on Wall Street.
If we go diving into another Great Depression, then so be it! One wrong decision does not fix another.
The people of this great Country will once again suffer the consequences of the greedy folk’s at the top of our foodchain.
I AM SO ANGRY, I CAN SPIT!

LMAO at Harry “I surrender, the war is lost Reid”. This goofball, America hater should ship his morman ass out of the country…..

Political move or not, you have to admire McCain’s guts and courage. He’s got the confidence and self-assurance to call the tough shots that nobody can see coming. Our country will be in good hands if he’s the president.
Posted by: ycgmae
Really? What was the death toll 2 weeks ago in the Gulf Coast? People actually died and McCain did not suspend his campaign. Courage? Face it, this campaign appears to have A D D!
I personally think it’s great and how is it that someone who admits to being clueless about economics rush in to rescue us? Dream on!

McCain, You look totally in Panic!
You have no clue!
You don’t have a steady hand to lead America in crisis!!!
You are nervous, just retire and go to one of your 7 homes.
Leave us alone!

Do we really want to have this “shoot from the hip” guy in there for four years? I am not surprised McCain ranked 894th out of 899 at the Naval Academy. He is not too talented, and personally I do not want him taking risks with my country. Totally scary. We need a calm cool and collected leader like Obama, not a depression jaw boner like McCain.

Guess who’s going to Washington?
Johnny Come Lately Me Too!
Reid and Obama both look like fools.

Dana Bash-
…”What they are saying, and what he is saying is that they are proposing to instead of having next Thursday the vice presidential debate in St. Louis, to make that the presidential debate and then to delay the VP debate to another time.
That is what they are proposing, they understand very well that both the Obama campaign and the debate commission have no intention of delaying Friday’s debate, but both he and a senior advisor that if there is no bailout deal by Friday, McCain has no plan to go to debate. ”
Delay, Delay Delay…. (wait he’s a republican no longer in the government)
it just keeps on getting better….
Mission Accomplished

Stellar: Reid and Obama are fools and Reid should retire. He is nothing but trouble along with Dean and Nancy Pelosi. It took Obama three days of training for the debate and he shouldn’t have to be trained. He was a senator for three years and should know politics by now. McCain doesn’ have to be trained. But of course he missed 230 days or more from the senate. This is a crisis the country cannot afford and Obama should think of the country first and the debate second. Debates do not make you win, voters do.

gotcha: If anything Obama wants the debate to go on because he is afraid he will lose all he learned from his trainers. Its sad a college graduate and a senator for three years has to be trained for a debate. Obama is not interested in the crisis because he can’t handle it and can’t make decisions. If he has any decision they are by his advisors. He is too dumb to do it on his own. How would he handle a crisis if he was the president. Oh, I know, Biden would do the job for him.

Check out the Daily Kos video of the preacher with Palin: “It’s high time that we have top Christian businessmen, businesswomen, bankers, you know, who are men and women of integrity running the economics of our nations. That’s what we are waiting for. That’s part and parcel of transformation. If you look at the — you know — if you look at the Israelites, that’s how they work. And that’s how they are, even today.”
Palin is there, we see her receive preacher Muthee’s blessing. It’s a horrible sight.

The anti-semetic Palin is praying during the video. We are not supposed to ask questions, or see her in press conferences. We are supposed to delay the VP debate, so she cannot be challenged about this. Check out the Daily Kos video of the preacher with Palin: “It’s high time that we have top Christian businessmen, businesswomen, bankers, you know, who are men and women of integrity running the economics of our nations. That’s what we are waiting for. That’s part and parcel of transformation. If you look at the — you know — if you look at the Israelites, that’s how they work. And that’s how they are, even today.”
Palin is there, we see her receive preacher Muthee’s blessing. It’s a horrible sight.

•-> only thing that’s left for McCain to try is to have Bush declare a state of emergency and cancel the elections… good thing Bush now has a army military unit in the U.S. ready to ‘keep order’….
old cliche proving to be true, before the fall, the last thing is the looting of the treasury….
now that really would be:
Mission Accomplished

What did Mr. Obama do in the the pass for his country? I mean the USA.
——————
I think he did a fly route with a buttonhook on about the 45 yard line. Then he ran for another 30 yards after the catch.
It really was a great pass for his country wasn’t it? I mean the USA.

In all of the United States Congress, is there a human being more sour, more counterproductive to the nation’s overall best interest than Harry Reid?

ENOUGH OF REPUBLICAN LIES AND MANIPULATION.
ENOUGH OF REPUBLICANS IN THE GOVERNMENT.
8 YEARS IS MORE THAN ENOUGH.
WE NEED
DEMOCRAT’S PATRIOTISM AND HONESTY.

a Republican ‘solution’:
Republican State Representative John LaBruzzo of Metairie, Louisiana said many of his constituents are tired of paying for children from poor families and that is why he is considering proposing legislation that would pay women on government assistance $1,000 if they choose to be sterilized.
amazin’

McCain will ask Bush, to make Obama stop campaigning. McCain and the Republican Senators, will flip-flop and finally agree, for Middle America. They must put their Greed aside for the moment. McCain will try to take credit, for his flip-flopping mistakes. Foreign Capitolists, has already found another way to take businesses away from America, through the Heritage Foundation. American auto-makers don’t realize this yet. But a Foreign investment, is already in place, to continue its Black Gold Take Over. Follow the paper trail to the Middle East. Plato-’The Cave’
The Shadow puppets are being caught, one at a time. First Rick Davis. Guess who next? :)

Everyone from Nevada should be embarassed by Reid. I simply cannot believe that he doesn’t get voted out of office.

Looks like McChicken can’t walk and chew gum at the same time.

I don’t understand thinking McCain is afraid to debate.
Obama is the guy that has to have everything written down in order to get it right. What was it, “I’ve been to 57 states and have a couple left.” And “They want to drill for oil. You can save just as much from filling up your tires.”
Obama doesn’t even know where he stands and that is why he can’t shoot from the hip. What about all those ‘Present’ votes? I mean really what is the point. If that is your vote, why vote at all. With a vote like that you’ve stood for nothing, and lead no one.

Just days before the crash on
Wall Street, McCain spoke of
fundamentals of the economy
as being strong.
He doesn’t seem to have any
knowledge of the economic
indicators and how they are
used to measure the health
of the economy and predict
its future performance. He
also seems unaware of the
federal government agencies
that produce these indicators.
So when he says that the
fundamentals of the economy
are strong he doesn’t know
what he’s talking about. He
says it because he thinks
it sounds good.

Sean Hannity wants to send both president candidats, to prison for recieving funds from Fannie Mae.
But if we choose the time spent in prison, by money recieved. The paper trail, sends McCain to prison longer.
Interesting view Sean. And we thought you were Republican. Who’s side is he really on? Is false anger, boosting Obamas points? We know he is for Foreign Capitolism. So no, he is not for Obama.

Rick Davis, the Capitolist advisor, wants to take an average, from the last 3 years to determine how much money the Capitolist would recieve as a Golden parachute. Gas Prices have been the HIGHEST, in the last three years. Than ever in American History. And then he was caught, ‘Still’ recieving funds for Fannie Mae. Will Newt GETRICH, appove of this idea? Will the same Tycoons who put us here, agree with this idea? Only if they want more Middle American Sweat and Tears. They get the BIGGEST, golden parachute from this view. Foreign Capitolists are, at this moment telling, Congress to play, for all the money as possible. Middle America has Sweated and Bled for the Capitolists, in every country, around the world. Why will they gain the most, from the biggest money laundering, scandel since Rick Davis?

Mr. Obama if you don t think its necessary to do the job you are being paid for, then you are certainly not qualified to be president. How can you expect to lead if you are not willing to show Americans your abilitiy in a real crisis. Put your money where your mouth is and stop being a professional speech giver.

I am not sure that trying to draw unfavorable lines along McCain’s friends, is really worthwhile when Obama has chosen the strangest group of people to keep close to him.

Dysfunctional hyper political chaos is destroying this country

If all the information about Obama that is known now was known when he started his candidacy, he would not have been taken serious and Clinton would have destroyed him.
Inspirational Speaker Qualified to be POTUS

Perhaps I should be corrected.
I meant Socialist.
Have you actually paid attention to how he votes on stuff when he actually does vote?

I hope that you are right TF. I am not so sure that many have such a short memory and just listen to Obama’s speeches and think “He sure sounds good!”
Unfortunately, I do know many people that really don’t know anything about either candidate, yet they are sold on Obama.

McCain gets all mavricky on auhtority by not doing his homework and ducking the debates.
Well he did learn something as Annapolis after all. You don’t get to be 894/899 without working at it.

As a crisis looms McCain leads and Obama campaigns. Now thats great judgement. No its insecurity. Obama is afraid of losing votes if he suspends his campaign. McCain finds it more honorable to lose an election than to be absent during a crisis.

I Live in Nevada and wish that Harry Reid keep his
mouth shut! He made plenty with his special interests. I can remember when he was Chairman of the Nevada Gaming commission.
Was reregistered Democratic, Now am a independent voter thanks to Harry Reid.

There are Only 100 Senators in the US Senate. Two of them now are Standardbearers of their respective parties..and it is Clear that if they came together..as they did during the recent 9/11 Memorial..putting politics aside, even for a matter of days..that they could do an Enormous amount of good not only for the United States but for the entire world as the current economic situation is no doubt going to rock the entire world big time (it has started already).
For Democrats like Obama and Reid amongst others to ignore it, or gloss over it, as some sort of parenthetical issue that can wait and be put on the backburner until after the debate on Friday puts us all in in Great Peril! I believe John McCain made the right move in addressing it now. It may not be the most popular move by the maverick Senator, but then, neither was the Surge. We now see the results of the surge (something Obama was opposed to by the way) which was a Success! McCain put his entire politcal career to the side when he called for the surge as he is doing now with the economy. That, is a sign of a Great and Courageous American!!
Obama however, doesn’t seem to care about all of that. He wants to Argue and Escalate the Crisis First..Come what may.. and Then try and resolve the problem after escalating it even further! Not only does that make no sense, it is Absolutely Irresponsible on the part of a US Senator, and Especially one that is the current Standardbearer of his party aspiring to become the President of the United States.
If Obama keeps ranting along the lines in which he has been concerning the debates just to increase a few points in the polls in the short term, as opposed to a far more important Noble and Patriotic Cause-which is working together in order to to stop the worst economic bleeding since 1929-Then, the Public can finally see what kind of President he would be if he were ever elected. In fact, I believe they have seen that already!!

I am glad so many people can see through McCain’s smoke screen and bag of tricks.
We need to situate all these stunts with his reckless ambition to become the President even if he has to say anything to get there.
Senator McCain is 72 years old. This is his last chance at having a shot at the Presidency. If this opportunity slips, I don’t see a 76 year Old McCain coming back to ask for his Party nomination in 2012.
Put yourselves in his shoes. Assuming you have the last chance at doing a thing that has been your life-long ambition, wouldn’t you do anything, just anything to achieve it?
McCain is not asking for the suspension of the debates for himself, but for Gov. Palin who is still being tutored on Domestic and Foreign affairs.
She has spent all her life in Wasilla. That has been her own little world where she has reigned supreme. Whe she doesn’t have to know what is happening in the rest of the 49 States not to talk of whatever is their problems in Canada.
Just ponder and put yourself in her shoes. Little knowledge of the Country and virtually non existent knowledge of the World.
It is all panic and it is all a game at the expense of Americans who are presently hurting and who more than ever before, are looking up to Leadership to show direction.
If you are fooled by McCain’s stunts, then you are a …… (I leave you to fill the dotted lines yourselves

Why was the response from the McCain campaign to Reid’s flip-flop removed from this article?

Jonnie Macaroni! Obama is nice guy but his not stupid. Neither the voters.
Be careful ,because your little political game will backfire!

John Kantor,
It appears that you are the one that is the ignorant here.
The WH is trying to do the same arm-twisting it employed to get the Patriot Act passed. The same arm-twisting that got us into the Iraq quagmire. The same arm-twisting that got the Economy messed up.
Do you expect the American People to give a carte blanche to George Bush to spend $700billion of Tax Payers money without regulation and supervision?
You can as well suspend Ben Bernanke and sack Treasury Sec Paulson and then open the Vaults of the Federal Reserves for him and spend as he wishes.
The heavens will not fall if the Legislators take their time to look at this proposal before handing over the future of Americans yet unborn into the hands of the President.
Why a direct bailout, if I may ask? Why not Loan guarantee as it was done to revamp Chrysler from Bankruptcy in 1978.
McCain is not a member of the Banking Committee and may not even be admitted into their deliberations.
McCain and Obama will only bring Politics, grandstanding and playing to the gallery into the deliberation to impress the American public if they join the debates on the floor of the House.
That is a distraction we can not afford at this time.
If I may also inform you, as Historians have rightly pointed out, the Civil War, the Great Depression and World War II did not prompt the suspension of Campaigns.

Mike from Texas,
I wonder who the Opportunist is in this instance?
A McCain that has not voted on any resolution since April or the McCain who sees this as an opportunity to play Politics with human lifes?
What will the presence of the Candidate on Capitol Hill do?
McCain has already issued a Press statement that he is not supporting the bailout.
Their presence will only throw spanners into the works. It would only be politics as usual.
Each of them would only be playing for the Camera, so we don’t need them there.
They should go on with the debates on Friday where they can tell all Americans how they intend to solve the hydra-headed problems.

Why is it that making an appearance on Letterman is so important? Its an entertainment program. An interview with Katie Couric is news.
You have not been paying attention if you do not realize that every senator now plays to the camera. Just watch them on the senate floor once in a while. All of them make fools of themselves from time to time.
If McCain doesn’t agree with the current bailout, should he not go and offer his position on what should be done?
Obama’s plan again is to wait and see what developes, see what is generally acceptable and then take a position. Then later he can craft a speech and deliver it in his inspirational fashion. Any more when I hear Obama speak, I hear a religious style preacher.

What people perceive to be an advantage to Obama in these recent days of economic turmoil is really that he’s unequivocally shown better ability to understand, judge, and manage the situation better than John McCain. First McCain says that “the fundamentals of our economy are strong” on a day where the world is shown that is anything but the truth. After acknowledging later that the economy is “at great risk,” he then declares that no financial institution should be rescue from turmoil no way, now how, well maybe…ok, sure. He says the problem is greed but, “I’m a fundamental deregulator.” With so many convolutions in between half-cocked calls for the firing of the FEC (Federal Election Committee=not involved) and the SEC, the American people don’t know if John McCain is talking about football or the economy. I don’t think McCain knows either.
At the same time Barak Obama , who has supported efficient regulation and enforcing the laws we have already, exercised good judgment in waiting until all the facts were out instead of jumping to hasty conclusions and declaring rash courses of actions. He remained straightforward about the dangers in the economy, staying cool and optimistic, and receptive to ideas. When Paulson came out with his $700B no-accountability demand, Obama rebuffed it and set the framework of principles for Paulson to work within. Obama understands that as distasteful as this rescue is to everyone, except Wall Street, it is likely necessary to prevent the greatest economic depression the U.S. has ever been through. To be fair, McCain’s and Obama’s framework principles are very similar, though McCain’s are slightly more populist and irrational given the circumstances. Both candidates, both parties realize when a crisis is so significant, that they need to sit down at the roundtable to do work for the American people. It’s too bad John McCain is the last one home.

The “Great Deregulator” has moved from the “fundamentals of the economy are strong” to full blown panic mode in just ten days…with plenty of contortions and flip flops in between. Now he’s going to go back to Washington and straighten out the mess that he and the other “free market ideologues” helped make.
This is not leadership…it’s stuntmanship of the most banal and cynical type. McCain seems intent on proving George Will correct. He lacks the judgment and temperament to be President. He’s also giving the us the impression that he’s unable to walk and chew gum at the same time.
Given that the administration and the Senate and House Committees seem to be working this through with intelligence and remarkable speed, McCain’s return to the Senate has more to do with shifting the conversation away from his record as an economic “deregulator,”
Rick Davis’ $15,000 monthly gifts from Freddie Mac, and his running mate’s inability to provide Couric with more than one example of McCain voting to strengthen regulation.
Wonder if he intends to push himself into photo-ops with Frank, Dodd, Bernanke and Paulsen once they’ve worked out a deal?

I don’t have any problem in characterizing McCain .He is a Republican!
According to his own campaign, Republicans are corrupt and incompetent.
Obviously he has inside information!.

There may be no lower snake in America than Reid. The man is traitorous. Who in their right mind would even bother quoting the idiot that said the war was lost.

Everyone knows the Democrats are as capable as the Republicans when it comes to playing politics. The whole political system is a big cat fight based on who is right or wrong according to their worldview, preferences, values, etc.
We will see who the true patriots are in this economic mess.

Why would Reid be upset about a Congressman who thinks his job is important?
If McCain didn’t go to Washington, he’d ask why he didn’t.

Jake,
Where are the comments Reid made on Tuesday begging McCain to tell the democrats how he would vote on the bailout?
According to Reid, the democrats needed McCain’s assurance to tell them what to do.

The presence of neither one of the presidential candidates is necessary in Washington. If they need to be present for a vote of the Senate, communications today make it possible for them to vote in real time via interactive telecommunications. Neither candidate is a member of the Senate Banking Committee so all their presence in Washington now would only inject politics into the decision making regarding the proposed $700 Billion bail out of the financial markets. Further, by his own public admission, McCain doesn’t know much about the economy
Re the debate — McCain has been pressing Obama throughout the campaign to debate. The date for this debate was established some time ago as was the topic: Foreign Policy. This is supposed to be McCain’s strong suit, but his repeated flubs when asked questions regarding international borders, and international relations put his alleged strength in serious doubt. Even tho the topic is supposed to be Foreign Policy, I’d bet dollars to donuts the debate will veer into the state of the economy because that is the priority issue for most Americans, and McCain will have to read off a teleprompter to respond to any questions about the economy because he’s already shown he can’t discuss it “on his feet.”

Throughout this campaign, Senator McCain has conducted himself in a very irresponsible manner, and his erratic actions and statements are increasingly befuddling. This latest move is a clear Hail Mary moment designed to switch the conversation from Obama’s lead in the economy to his ‘selfless’ act to ‘save’ the economy with his ONE vote. A brilliant move, despite risks to global confidence, and amidst slipping public polls. Through the campaign, we have seen the spectacle of ‘Celebrity’ while Obama was in Berlin, and Palin’s family drama as analysis of Obama’s speech at the DNC was ripped off the airwaves. And now an act of feigned selflessness in suspending his campaign which has effectively changed the media conversation to inextricably tie the rescue package to his name, at the grave risk of further delaying the time-critical process through injection of presidential politics.
While strategically powerful, one does question why an upright, together candidate, would resort to such wanton acts of manipulation and diversions. ‘Celebrity’ was highly effective, as Obama’s poise, substance and popularity was used effectively against him. However,it is now becoming apparent that the woman who could be a 72-year old heartbeat away from presidency is woefully under-qualified for the task, and was selected purely for shock value and for stealing the media initiative. In this latest move, McCain’s interference risks delaying the bill, and eroding global confidence further by presenting to the world a divided America.
Repeatedly, Senator John McCain has turned away from his old respectable self, offered positions his campaign has not been able to back up (i.e. claiming to fight a lobbyist infested government when his own campaign is staffed and funded heavily by special interests). In his relentless charges of media ‘bias’ (creating doubts in the foundations of truth in society), followed by relentless volleys of lies, John McCain has shown a willingness to apply mass manipulation to misinform the electorate on key issues affecting their choice like taxation (50% of americans still believe that Obama will raise taxes for everyone), and applying the same old tactics of dividing the electorate with choices (abortion, guns, gay marriage) which are totally irrelevant for the challenges facing America today. With his campaign unable to pull ahead, McCain has also shown a willingness to steal the mantle of change from Obama, attempting to make some of his opponent’s key ideas (gov records on the web, reform) look like his own. Of late, there have been a very subtle injection of race into the conversation, and as evident in the rise of intolerant acts and statements across the blogs and across America, he has wilfully fanned the flames of racism – the rot of our society.
At the heart of his strategy is a general assumption that Americans are naive, unable to do their own research, and unable to be critical of attempts at manipulation. Taking a strongly anti-intellectual tone, one questions how this kind of leadership would encourage our young to strive for a better education. Instead of hope and promise, he has driven his campaign through fear and division.
With the race still close, his campaign strategy is still statistically effective. Looking deeper, one question lingers – is winning more important to John McCain than doing the right thing?

‘McCain will have to read off a teleprompter to respond to any questions about the economy because he’s already shown he can’t discuss it “on his feet.”…..
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Not to worry; Neither can Obama… as
HE’s already proven too!

Jonnie to the rescue save the world one more time! Or I should say the American economy. If jonnie macaroni is not able to debate Obama, he can send always his sidekick chick from Alaska……. Sarah Plaiiiiiiiiin. Is obvious she have more experience from all the USA senators together! ! SPIN, LIES and LIPSTICK

Harry Reid is having way too many senior moments as of late. I think it is time for the old fossil to retire from public service.

Yet another MSM talking head in the tank for Obama. I notice you completely ignored the fact in your article that Reid had previously attacked McCain for not coming to DC. Keep up the good work. I see a day in which you guys destroy your credibility enough that we finally see the big three networks collpase under economic failure and we don’t have to see this nonsense anymore.

15% approval rating!!!
if i remember it correctly…
A = 90 and above
B = 80 – 89
C = 70 – 79
D = 65 – 69
F = 64 and below
what is a grade of 15%. would it be safe to say that if i show up but goof off i could get a 25% and if i don’t show up i would get a zero…
politicians are making wall streeters look good.