Reid to McCain: Don’t Come Back to Capitol

Reid accuses McCain of interjecting Presidential politics while calling McCain’s action a “maneuver is a gimmick born from bad poll numbers and the fact that “debate prep must not be going very well.”
Wow…pot meet kettle.

Isn’t Reid who said this morning that if McCain does not support the bill, the democrats will not offer support either? It seems to me Mccain plays pretty crucial role here. But, then Reid said no we don’t need your advice. This whole campaign prove democrats the biggest hypocrites — the so-called most inclusive and tolerate part is in fact the most divisive and hateful bunch.

Jake was holding out for the good stuff. So the Debates go on.

McSame is not helpful in Washington.. he doesn’t even know about Economics.. remember the economy is fundamentally strong..why cancel..??

Reid goes on the record and says without McCain there won’t be a deal and McCain decides to go to Washington and make happen and Reid says don’t bother coming. Well the logic there makes perfect sense to me. Reid is an idiot.

BIZARRE gamble by McCain today. Unlike the Palin pick, I don’t know if his candidacy can survive this gimmick.
I’d be surprised to see him un-suspend at this point. Not to be indelicate, but maybe something is wrong with him? Health wise? Cognitively?

I can’t wait until we can say the same to Reid.

McClaim, McClaim…”I Care About America and Oh, yeah, I’m down in the polls…”
John McClaim…TURTLE…COWARD…LOSER.

Politics as Usual – uh…. McCain is the one with 7 uber lobbyist at the top of his campaign and in his inner circle. Mccain is the one who proudly fought for the deregulation of the banking industry his 26 years in Congress. Mccain is the one with the Campaign Manager who was still getting paid $15,000 a month until last month to lobby FOR de-regulation of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. McCain is the one who sold his sold to the de-regulation industry.
I call that Politics gone bad….

OBAMA JUST CALLED McCHICKEN’S BLUFF!!
Obama says the debates are on and the campaign continues!!!
You can’t run away and hide McCain, the American people see your attempted political stunt for what it is!!!
The deal is almost done and we don’t need to inject political politics and stunts into the process!!!
NO TIME OUTS FOR YOU!!!!

obama is anxious to debate for a change? he never wanted debate with hillary.
we don’t need debates right now we need solutions.

if mccain was so concerned about the economic crisis, why didn’t he call for a suspension of the campaign on the day of the announcement of the bailout? why now? oh, i forgot, those new poll numbers just came out

It is so strange that McCain would propose to suspend his campaign because of the economic crisis when he most recently accused Obama of using the economic crisis for political gain.
He’s either pandering to voters or is not ready for the debate this Friday.
I don’t believe he’s doing this for love of country. If that were the case, he wouldn’t have gone to a Nascar race the day after hurricane Ike hit.

Did Reid say earlier this week that he needed McCain’s help? Obama reacted to
McCain today by voting “present”.
As usual.

McCain is trying to bail out who? Bush? McCain will not debate so he can throw his 26 years behind Bush’s speech tonight. Let me guess is this a Hug sequel between Bush and McCain on Wall Street?

johnTX:
McCain indeed has deep reservation about this plan, and he said he would not support it unless his principles are included.
So, what should McCain do according to Reid? McCain says yes to a plan he doesn’t think it is right and then all the rest republicans follow him, so the plan pass? Wouldn’t McCain look dumb to do this?
ALso, McCain’s aid said the debate will go on if a plan passes in time. So, McCain is not using the negotiation to delay the debate.

mccain has a duty to his constituents (like my family that lives in az) to return to work now.
debates can be rescheduled we have 40 days to debate.
so if obama was out of the country as president and we had a national crisis would he not cancel everything and return to washinghton immediately?

Both these two knuckleheads have poor records of showing up on votes. Given this situation though I think both candidates should be in the Senate until there is a resolution in regards to the bailout. Reid implying that McCain’s coming back would be a photo-op or political posturing is a joke since that’s what the Congress is doing right now themselves. We have people telling us this is a once in a century crisis and both candidates agreed to suspend there campaign over Hurricane Ike- I think they should get their behinds back to work in the Senate until an agreement is made.

Just a couple of days ago we were reading that the Democrats were saying that the bailout would go nowhere without McCain’s support. Now that he offers it, they don’t want it? The Dems are the ones playing politics with the issue. And I am so sick of their ploys.

Paige — do kindly look at the records and history of Obama and McCain.
Kindly, tell me, what has Obama ever DONE to show his service for this country?
As for McCain, well, his record speaks for itself.
And they are proving it now. McCain is putting his country first, Obama is putting himself and his selfishness first. Debates can happen anytime. Do you think a debate next wednesday will be any different from a debate on Friday? Well, maybe a little different, as Obama will forget all he crammed.
Meanwhile, the crisis will worsen between now and next week.
Which is YOUR priority? I honestly think you are not accepting reality, by thinking the debate is more important than YOUR FUTURE.
Reid and congress have already said they need McCAin’s input.
Why you can’t see that….well, it’s just sad to me.

Intellectuals will of course see it as a political maneuver, but the average person likes hands on approach to crisis management. FOX is upset because it costs them some ratings, but all in all it looks like a good move.

Talk about inability to multi-task. How about when Barry left the injured troops hanging while he went to the Gym and then spent a night out on the town. That was different though.
Posted by: Mack | Sep 24, 2008 5:37:08 PM
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Mack, Mr. Obama is not the one here trying to run away from the debate! It isn’t going to work “My Republican friends!!!”
McKeating-5 is going to the woodshed on Friday night to get the tar beat out of him, whether he likes it or not!!!!

McCain is the representative of the state of Arizona, not Harry Reid. Tough you-know-what, Harry. You don’t get to say a senator cannot represent his state.

Only one person called for McCain not to come to Washington and that is BHO.
What games they are playing. BHO would rather play on a big stage than go back to Washington and do the only job he was elected to do. What will they not do to win?

Shouldn’t the next president be in on this considering it will affect Obama’s or John’s administration????????

Obama’s and the Democrats ideas/plans smell like two week old collard greens!!!

Obama will look foolish showing up for the debate while McCain demonstrates leadership in working to solve this major crisis. Debates can be re-scheduled. Crisises cannot be rescheduled.

Just goes to show how McCain cares about the country first elections aside. Obama doesn’t care about helping right now, he wants the republicans to look bad even if it screws all of us in the meantime.

Please, Reid…you are not welcome…bet he will totally say that to B. Obama as well if he were to do the same.

A $700bn package is the biggest appropriation in history. Shouldn’t ALL members of Congress be focusing on this right now, whether they are campaigning for President or not? After all, this is their primary job.

So it looks like John McCain single-handedly destroyed the bipartisan coalition that existed in Congress for solving this crisis.
Good job John.

Typical John McCain. He likes to talk tough but cannot debate Obama on real tough issues.

Both McCain and Obama are running for a job vital to this country; but they both have a current job, also important. They are two of 100 Senators, and have constitutional duties to fulfill today. There is plenty of time to re-schedule a debate; the election is nearly 6 weeks away. The do-nothing Congress of Reid and Pelosi needs to finally do something, and all Senators and Representatives should be on hand.

Well, clearly McSame Doesn’t WANT to debate the issues because he knows he’s just going to get even more hammered.
Sounds like he’s about ready to raise the white flag and surrender!!!
Maybe Sarah Palin can stand in for him, since she’s been bailing out his sorry campaign since the convention. Oh, right, her approval numbers are tanking as her lies and misdeeds are exposed!!!
Obama/Biden 08

No Business Being A Senate Leader Reid has a hell of a nerve telling anyone to “stay away.” Last I heard both John McCain and Barack Obama were US Senators.

I guess even voting “Present” on this one is too tough for Obama and he doesn’t even want to be involved at all.

Hey Mike, if Obama debated himself, at least one mind would be there.

McCain is a seasoned debater. I doubt that fear is motivating his desire to cancel the debate. Now, perhaps he’s hoping to “look presidential”, but Obama always comes off as a tepid fish in debates, while McCain will likely outshine him in content and quickness – Obama’s going to win the beauty contest.

This is not a joke or politics. The liberals are so self absorbed, power hungry and do not have a true understanding of a global economy. They created this mess. If we do not fix this, an election will not matter. Governments will fall and chaos will rein. They truly don’t get it!!!! Bush seems to be the only one with a clue, and that’s scary!!!!!!

Didn’t Reid say he didn’t know what to do about the crisis. Why not then have all Senators assist. Maybe a solution can be found.

McCain understands nothing
anyone who says that this was anything but a ploy in the face of really bad poll numbers and a way to get away from a debate in the midst of him picking a moron for a vp and an economy that he and his deregulatory lobbyists and his stupid friggin war…are partly to blame for…
are just the same blind people who brought you George W. Bush and friends.

Maybe you guys don’t realize this, but see… all of Congress isn’t negotiating with Paulson – the Congressional leadership is.
This is because it is impossible to have 533 Congress members at a single table negotiating and get it done in less than a week.
John McCain has effectively destroyed the bipartisan group of Congressional leaders that were negotiating the deal.
Good job John.
Oh and, by the way, John McCain isn’t part of the congressional leadership. He wouldn’t even have a seat at the table. Neither would Obama.

Obama caught flat footed again.
damn, he has less leadership skills than my 5 year old

Hey Senator Reid – You don’t want Senator McCain to return to the Capitol? There more people in this country, including many in your own party, who wish you would leave the Capitol–FOREVER. So when are you leaving? Your hate and intolerance would not be missed in Washington.

Guess you Libs missed the Saddleback debacle. Obama is a lightweight.

This is a 3:00 AM phone call and John McCain is politicizing it, how sad, did this jerk ever have principles?

Well, Reid got this one right. This is a time all of us should consider something. Do we REALLY think it’s wise to have either of them play into this, or would we rather have this be purely about what’s best for the country in a bi-partisan committee that hopefully knows what they are doing? Their focus right now is to win an election and it would get in the way. Not to mention the fact it might disrupt it even more?

More typical Reid….. Is there any wonder why Congress has such a pitiful approval rating. A senator with 25+ years experience and one who proposed legislation in 2005 to help prevent this mess wants to come back to Washington to help and this idiot tells him no. I can understand telling Obama to stay put – he hasn’t done anything – he can probably vote present from anywhere! McCain should go to Washington and get in front of the senate and the country and state his position. The hell with Reid!

I can not believe the complete lack of knowledge that some people have. The only people who are allowed to work on this bailout are the house financial services, & senate banking committees with Paulson. The leaders of each house are there to record support and option to the work and rally there caucus members, which can be done by phone, e-mail, text messages and in person. NEITHER McCain or Obama are on these committees. I don’t see the president or V.P. staying @ THE CAPTIAL building.

Obama, the chosen one, declined to go to the senate. He hasn’t really been involved in the legislative process to date, so why start now? He did, however, cast a “present” vote on the bailout plan.

Is McCain not an elected representative from the State of Arizona. What right does Reid have to ‘tell’ John McCain not to come to DC?
And,no. The debate cannot be postponed. Hussein can’t remember the answers for more than 48 hours. His paygrade is not high enough for him to keep his answers ready for canned answers.

Good for McCain. Him AND Obama should be back in Washington to work on this. This is a 700 billion dollar bill that will totally affect the next Administration, no matter who is elected President. If I were a candidate I’d want to be there helping shape it.
And if Harry Reid and his fellow Dems are so on top of things, then why is there still no agreement? The political capital of the Prez candidates would probably be helpful…Unless, of course, Harry Reid and his Democrats just want to let the economic suffering continue cause it helps them poll better. Could it be that? Noooo…..

Most of these pro-McCain post are done by people who volunteer their time to surf sites and post these comments. Everyone knows McCain caused this in the first place and is too old and dumb to rescue this economy.

Live from the debate:
Barack Hussein Obama: uh uh uh, change,
uh uh uh, three are 57 states, uh uh uh, hope, uh uh uh, I took $105,849 in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac contributions, uh uh uh, I’m have no substance but I’ve been running for President and wrote books about myself, uh uh uh.

Have Sarah Palin fill in for McCain in the debate. I would love to see that! Obama va Palin…lol

Yesterday, Reid said that he needed republicans to be in on this, or he wouldn’t vote for it. I want my senators in on this — not Obama vacationing in Florida with Axelrod quizzing him on leaders of SE Asia. Obama looks silly. What is more important than a $700 billion bailout?

Of course Obama wants the debate to go on as planned. He wouldn’t want his 3 days of cramming to go to waste. He’d lose too much time on the campaign trail if he had to study his canned answers all over again at a later date. Not having the teleprompter with all of the right answers makes this cram session VERY important.

Mr. Country First, everything must be put on hold for the sake of our nation kept his meeting with former Clinton supporter Lady Lynn de Rothschild
What a complete FRAUD!

Can’t wait to see Obama “hold forth” on his own…”my opponent refused to debate me…so I will lecture you…” crazy times!

Actually, Reid could do all of America a favor and resign already.
That would be a first step in getting things back on track.

The notion that McCain is hiding from this debate is rediculous. The debate is around foreign policy where McCain by and large is considered to have the upper hand. No wonder why Obama wants this to continue. If Obama wants to debate, send Palin to Oxford and lets watch the feathers fly.

God forbid the men voted in office want to do the jobs they were elected to do, instead of preaching what they could do in a higher position. Actions have, and always will, speak louder than words.

Once again, the democrats have managed to turn a National issue into a political one.
We’ve seen it none stop with Iraq, Katrina, and about everything else the past 7+ years.
This is what America is tired of. Partisan political crap.
This is why America will vote McCain/ Palin in November.

The GOP’s are looking and sounding desperate. Just read their blogs, nothing but negative things to say. If they choice was better, the would have issues to blog about, but the goal is to divide the country. Sorry his ploy did not work. It is sad!!!!!

Way to go Obama!!! Why start being a Senator now? No one in Illinois has cared that you have done squat since being elected, why should anyone care now.
You people who think Obama shouldn’t be going back to DC should be ashamed of yourselves. We elect these people to serve our best interest. Obama has served no one’s best interest but his own yet.

Another childish reaction from Reid. Unfortunately, not surprising anymore.

Anyone who thinks John McCain is afraid of debate really has their head in the sand. McCain was the guy calling for multiple town hall debates across the country…Obama was the one saying “no” to that.
Maybe McCain genuinely thinks he should be in Washington doing his job and genuinely trying to reach a bipartisan agreement. The last honourable Senator. Certainly more honourable than Harry “I like economic chaos cause it helps the Democrats” Reid.

THis lib bashing is a joke. McCain is doing the right thing and showing he’s putting the country 1st and his chance at the presidency 2nd. 1 of these 2 candidates will inherit this mess and should be 100% involved and aware of where this plan takes the country. IF this is really the worst financial crisis facing the USA, these guys should be sitting right there at the table scrutinizing every line of the plan. What this tells me is Obama can distance himself from this plan and when things get worse, he can say, well I wasn’t part of the plan. I didn’t write it so don’t blame me. Friday’s debate is foriegn policy, not our domestic crisis, that can wait. THis just shows how Obama is about Obama and not what’s good for America. Obama said today “if you need me call me”. Guess what Obama, we don’t need you in Wasington now and the country doesn’t need you in the White House.

Why would McCain be afraid to debate Obama — this first debate is about Foreign Policy — it has nothing to do with the economy and yet I keep reading post after post from O’s supporters claiming McCain is afraid to debate Obama on the economy.
McCain is not afraid of the ‘Uhhh, Ahhh’ king. How can ya’ll tolerate Obama’s abysmal speaking style?

Sen. McCain once again puts country first.
No surprise there.
If Obama really wanted to debate he would have accepted McCain’s invite to the ten town hall meetings.
Obama wants to stay “mum” and vote “not present” in this economic crisis. He just dosen’t know what to do.
No Surprise there either.

Thank God it’s not up to Harry Reid, who has done nothing to prevent this crisis. I’m soon Pelosi will start chirping the same song soon too. And Thank God it’s not up to Nancy pelosi. Perhaps they should tell their guy to get back to Washington and do his job.

If Harry Reid says not to come back then I think that is all the more reason to get back there asap. Harry said the other day that he doesn’t know what to do about this crisis. We need some conservative thinking to solve this mess.

Hey guys….McCain took a long shot, trying to cancel the debate, and it didn’t work. Time to move on to McCain’s crisis!

Can’t wait to see Obama “hold forth” on his own…”my opponent refused to debate me…so I will lecture you…” crazy times!
Posted by: Wade | Sep 24, 2008 5:55:04 PM
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If McKeating-5 doesn’t show-up Friday night it will a complete and utter disaster for him and his campaign!!!
He will be seen as someone that can’t handle more than one thing at one time!!

Is Reid kidding? No, he probably isn’t. Reid is the guy who just last week said he didn’t know what was going on and was ready to leave DC for a vacation. Now he is a fireball!!! What a punk!!!

Barry should have resigned his position of Senator if campaigning is going to intefere with his day job.

The McCain polls will go into free fall after this. Throw the bum out.

Tinker,
Just last Monday McCain said “The fundamentals of the economy are strong.”
Ya, McKeating-5 has been right there all along!!!!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

McCain campaign should read “Duck and Run” as he and Palin is becoming very good at that!!!

Reid knows that McCain foresaw this crisis three years ago and proposed legislation to prevent it and that legislation was blocked by Schumer and Dodd. That’s why he doesn’t want him back in DC, it will only spotlight who is really to blame for the mess.

McCain’s trick is fooling nobody.

“I understand that the candidates are putting together a joint statement at Senator Obama’s suggestion. But it would not be helpful at this time to…..risk injecting presidential politics into this process…..”
Is there anything more pathetic than the chatter of a crank old phony leftist politician???

Honestly, what is more important than a presidential debate about the economy in the midst of all that’s transpired in the last month. We’re electing a president in 40 days!!! If both Barack and John were there, their very presence would turn the deliberations into a political mess, not help the process. The sad thing is that McCain knows this, and like nominating an inexperienced hockey mom to his ticket, it’s just another ‘what the…?’ distraction from addressing any of the issues head on.

This is turning out to be a disaster for McCain. Keep him the hell away from Washington.

The anger and rile on this thread is so sad. Most of the posts here clearly state that you have no knowledge of what’s happening and cannot, most importantly communicate a clear thought without emotion and anger.
The Reps have been screwing the system for years, all the while, smiling at everyone and creating emotional issue to vote on. Just to keep everyone dumb. Its clear on this thread, that is still works.

We see how well Reid and the current leadership is handling the process…
Maybe they should all leave and let McCain, Obama, and their current economic advisors come up with the solution.

President Bush has graciously extended the invitation to both Senators to join him in a session with other leaders in Congress and the Senate to share ideas to resolve the current economic situation. Does anybody actually believe that it would be better to sit back and criticize while pointing fingers, rather than participate in a problem solving task?

MCDUMMY WILL DEAL WITH PROBLEM—-THAT IS A REAL JOKE—-HE IN PART CREATED THE PROBLEM–REMEMBER THE DEREGULATION MAN—MCCAIN HOW MANY TIMES CAN THIS GUY FLIP FLOP—-HE IS A LITTLE PATHETIC

This country would be better off if Reid and Nancy Pelosi would never come back to Washington. Props go to McCain for taking a leadership stance and rolling up his sleeves…Clearly, the nation’s financial crisis is more important than a debate! Obama’s response of “I’ll be there if they need me????!!! — ” Obama is aloof. McCain takes action.

“Reid knows that McCain foresaw this crisis three years ago and proposed legislation to prevent it and that legislation was blocked by Schumer and Dodd.”
McCain did not propose the legislation, he cosponsored it 3 years after it was originally intro’d.
Dodd and Schumer were not in charge of Congress nor did they have chairmanship of the committee the bill was presented to. That was done by Republicans.
I love the lies that right wingers tell over and over again.
I guess they begin to believe their own bs.

Maybe Obama should be thankful for the delay…gives his staff more time to figure out what he will say…he doesn’t know a gift when it’s handed to him.
As far as Reid goes…what are they afraid of …hummmm…geee…I wonder?!
I don’t think Sen McCain is playing politics…he’s doing what he was hired to do.

Davis If McCain does not show up and is in Washington and Obama shows up for the Debate ,it will show that He does not give a damn about anybody but himself ” a Common Liberal Trait ” Obama has no plans for reaching across the isle unlike McCain has proven he can and will .

Obama said that he would return to Washington if he got a called saying his help was needed.
Obama’s not going to have to book that trip, is he?

With an approval rating of 5%, Harry shouldn’t be telling anyone what to do.

The reaction of Harry Reid has Obama’s fingerprints all over this one … McCain played this one beautifully. If Obama continues campaigning while McCain is in DC, this just furthers the criticism, justifiably so, that Obama continues to be utterly absent from the Senate, as he has been since the campaign began. Conversely, if Obama had agreed to go to DC, McCain had him painted as a follower for political purposes, totally bereft of leadership on the all-important economic issue. McCain has Obama is stuck. Perfect play by the McCain campaign. Thus, we get Reid telling two elected officials that they’re help is not needed. For what other reason would Harry Reid not want John McCain in Washington???? Hmmmmmm????

It figures Reid would not see the value in having the next president (which ever it may be) involved in the process of ironing out the future of this country. That is what scares me about Obummer & friends. They truly are a spoiled, selfish, short-term thinking bunch.
If McCain were leading in the polls he would make the same decision. He is doing what he believes is going to help his country the most at this time.
McCain may not be the best man to be our next president, but he is the best one in this race.
Every time I hear Obummer speaking, he says the name McCain more than any other word. I can’t stand to hear all his negative words. Aren’t you Obummer followers tired of it also?
I would not want my children’s future in the Obummer hands.
Send Palin to debate Obummer. They are closer to equals anyway.

I don’t believe Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac,or AIG should be bailed out. And I
believe this country would still survive. I believe Fannie Mae, Freddie
Mac, and AIG should all be investigated.
Apparenty, this is no different from
Enron. I believe the people/CEO’s of
Fannie Mae, Freddie Max, and AIG should
all be investigated, along with Chris
Dodd, John Kerry, Barney Franks, and
Barrach Obama. Fannie Mae and Freddie
Mac should not have been allowed to give
donations to Senators especially ones
on the banking committee.

Folks!!!! As a republinca living in Dunniden Florida I must say that I never seen such a huge crowd in Florida fo any presidential candidate. I tell they must of been over 11,000 people. I saw republicans, independents ect all for obama. Folks I tell you that even in Dunniden Florida where is most residents say they are republicans were solid for Obama. I was just crazy!!! Even the mayor of Dunniden was for Obama. I trully belive that the wave has change to Obamas side and I belive that He will win Florida. I hate to say it this selection of Palin is back firing among moderate republicans. McCain is just not grasping the intense economic situation at hand. I belive if Mitt was selected as his runnig mate this would have been a lot closer. I can honestly say McCain does not have a clue of whats really going on. Folks McCain shipe is sinking verry fast. Americans just dont trust McCain with this economic crisis. Hes even considering canceling his debate, Bad Idea when a president should be abble to tackle all aspects head on . Boy what a bad week so far for McCain. Sad.

Why not fill the void with Bob Barr?

The notion that McCain is hiding from this debate is ridiculous. The debate is around foreign policy where McCain by and large is considered to have the upper hand. by: Greg
That exactly why he needs the debate delayed. The American public is focus on the economy and not on foreign affairs. A debate on foreign policy at this time just isn’t going to resonate. If he can get the debate delay it might have an impact later on.

Maybe a little ‘presidential politics’ is what it’s going to take to make the congress and senate actually MOVE on this issue. Maybe they’re just hoping that the cameras will stay focused on the debate to cover their stagnate position on important issues. Interesting that it’s a democratically controlled congress and senate which is doing NOTHING. How long can you get away with blaming Bush. It’s a very weak majority party that can’t make any of the changes that they promised they would do!

COUNTRY FIRST??? McCAIN IS THE MOST ABSENT SENATOR IN THE SENATE. OBAMA HAS BEEN BACK MANY TIMES TO VOTE IN THE SENATE. OBAMA CONTACTS MCCAIN TODAY AT 8AM AND MCCAIN RUNS WITH IT. WHAT A GREAT LEADER!

Maybe Sarah should go debate Obama in McCains place. That seems to be who he is campaigning against anyway. Her and George Bush.

McCain is right to do this. He may be campaigning for President, but right now he’s a senator first and it’s his job to show some leadership in this crisis. He saw this coming 5 years ago, and he’s probably ready to inject some much-needed wisdom for solving it. I think it shows real character and leadership potential that he’ll suspend his own political ambitions without a second thought to put his country first (proving that “Country First” is not just a bumper sticker for him)… and where is Obama, rather than trying to show similar leadership in addressing the seriousness of this problem? Sitting on the sidelines calling McCain a chicken, just like he was too busy body-surfing in Hawaii to be bothered to show some leadership qualities when war broke out between Georgia and Russia. What a timid little punk. THERE’S somebody who wants to be President just to say he’s President. He has no interest in the well-being of this country on any level, and this confirms it. Go McCain; you’ve really earned my support, my friend.

So Reid says candidates should not inject]
presidential politics into the debate…leave it to me to do that.

The last thing we need is to turn this deal into presidential politics. McCain and Obama should stay the hell away while this deal is made. Stick with the joint statements, show both sides can work together, and have a sensible, respectable debate on the issues. Oh, wait. We’re talking about the old timer who’s afraid of technology and has senior moments when he speaks publicly. He should run. Obama owns him Friday.

“remember the economy is fundamentally strong”
Context …
Of course, Dems are great at taking words out of context.

“Obama shouldn’t go because it would mean a c t i n g like a PRESIDENT! I don’t think Obama can do that.”
He’s not a presidential candidate, he just plays one on CNN.

McCAIN TRIES TO TAKE “TIMEOUT” FOR WASHINGTON PHOTO OPT!!!
AND TRIES TO RUN AWAY FROM DEBATES!!!
PATHETIC, DESPERATE MOVE!!!!

Both men are elected representatives. They are paid to advocate and vote. This is an acknowledged crisis, one that will have impact on the next president’s tenure. Both of them have a stake in the outcome. I think they both need to be there. They have to take a stand on this.

Good call John. Let Barack pontificate in front of TV cameras alone. He can use a teleprompter now.

People need to understand that this mess is the result of many years of excesses, and there is lots of blame to go around. Not just Bush and republicans, but both sides of congress, regulators, Wall Street, and a group that no one wants to talk about in a presidential campaign — Americans who irresponsibly borrowed money to buy homes they couldn’t afford. This is no time for cheap shots and partisan politics. Harry Reid is an impotent political hack and if we are relying on the likes of him to help find a bipartisan solution to this crisis we are all in real trouble.

In other words don’t come back here because we don’t want a republican taking any kind of credit for how the dems are going to save the country. Laughable, considering last week Reid said he didn’t know what to do and they all just wanted to go on recess and leave the economy to blow in the wind. What the heck is wrong with those people, why can’t they just work together for the good of the people, us, not just them. I hope everyone of them is voted out of office, they don’t deserve it.

Governor Palin said it best at the RNC Convention. Sen. Reid, of the Do Nothing led Senate, states I can’t stand McCain. What greater verification that we need the MAVERICK to go back to Congress to personally get in Reid’s face and kick his rear end.
PUMA 2008!

Mack,
McCain Read a statement and quickly ran away! Plus did you see his eyes? Like a Moose in the headlights!!!
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!!!!!!!
Obama gave a thoughtful statement in a calm fashion followed by a press conference…
Who looked more Presidential???

What kind of a world do we live in where it has become acceptable that politicians are elected to do a job, collect their paychecks, but then decide they are above doing the job they were elected to do – but they still collect their paychecks. As we actually debate whether McCain should return to the senate to do his job, we should remember that one key complaint most employers have about the young work force is that they have no work ethic. Is it any wonder?

Where does Reid get off thinking that he can tell a Senator that he cannot participate in the solution? If anyone is playing politics, it is REID!

Barrack doesn’t need to come back, he can vote present from anywhere!

Why do residents of Nevada keep electing this former boxer and DC village idiot to the Senate?
Under Harry Reid’s leadership, the war in Iraq was lost, the surge had no way of succeeding, oil plays no role in our economy or standard of living, it is “making us sick” [oil and coal], and now there’s no reason for two leading senators – one of which will be the next president and inherit this MESS – to work through this financial problem as potential national leaders.
I don’t know what is more baffling. Harry Reid or the people that keep sending this numbskull back to Washington.

I’m anxious to get a hold of the feedback and analyze obams’s internship on his almost presidential bid.

@ 8:30am Senator Obama called McCain campaign, and suggested a JOINT statement with their common ideas be released. (NO PRESS)
@ 2pm Senator McCain called Obama and suggested returning to congress, suspending their campaigns and delaying the debates.
3 minutes later Senator McCain had a press conference publicly stating his idea to delay the debates, etc. IF HE IS SO COUNTRY FIRST WHY NOT FIRST COME TOGETHER THEN SPEAK TO THE PRESS. Senator Obama was HONORABLE. He didn’t use his idea for joint support to further his campaign , McCain DID!!!
Senator Obama was very seriously trying to help resolve this crisis.
McCain was trying to score political points.
SO WHO REACHED ACROSS THE ISLE???

I wish Reid wouldn’t come back to Washington.

Thanks for the heads up Harry that you are working on this problem. I am cashing out my stocks now because I know you will screw it up (Mr nine percenter).

Since when does the Senator from Arizona – who happens to be running for President – require from the Senator from Nevada – who happens to be the Senate Majority Leader – permission to return to the Senate to represent the people who elected him to do so? Partisanship and bi-partisanship be damned; McCain needs to waltz into the Senate, dispense with some straight talk – tell Sen. Reid to lead, follow, or get out of the way – NOW – and take McCain’s suggestion to create a bi-partisan committee of qualified people to propose a real solution. Put America first by working to prevent Congress from making worse the problem they created – this financial mess – by trying to “fix” it.

So now John McCain is going to lead us out of the forrest fire he started when he voted 19 times for deregulation…and wants to put off the debate LOL His poll numbers have dropped in the last week as his political payday came due…and if anyone believes this load? I have a Bridge to NOWHERE in Alaska to sell you!

The McCain campaign of political gimmicks continues.
He’s certainly learned a bunch of ways to game the system in his many years in Washington, hasn’t he?
The campaign is about the future. The debate is an appropriate forum to work through solutions to the economic crisis. It seems McCain is just afraid to go on record about the crisis before it is resolved, so he doesn’t look like an idiot when he calls it the wrong way.
GO OBAMA

First Reid asks for McCain’s help; then he tells him not to come back. Reid is an idiot. No wonder he and the Congress are more unpopular than Bush.

Harry Reid is a good example of why this country is in such a mess. At this point I don’[t care about democrats or republicans I care that the economy doesn’t fall apart and yet this jerk Reid is playing politics. We pay McCain and Obama to work now let them work!

Obama wants to talk, McCain wants to work to solve the problem at hand, one that no one in DC seems to have a handle on or agree on.
Hmmmm…..talk or action? What do we want in a leader?
Does anyone think that if the debate is pushed back until a resolution is found that there won’t be an election? Are debates that important?
Maybe Obama can debate himself… that will look good.
We are on the verge of a finacial catastrophe like we haven’t seen since the depression. If it were a natural catastrophe (hurricane, earthquake) would we hold the debate? Probably not.

God, what has our become. I say we give the Dem’s there way & become mindless idiots dependant upon the state. So when I starve to near death, I can file a multi-million dollar lawsuit becuase “social workers failed to come to my cubicle and feed me” UTOPIA!!

To Chuck S.
Re:
Obama needs to get back to DC and do the job he was hired to do,
Obama does not have the best track record on this front,
John McCain is being consistent in his pledge to try to work within both parties to work out solutions. A most shining quality not shared by many and certainly not the members of the current majority in the Senate and Congress. Far be it from these clowns to actually earn that pay that keeps going up up up.

If Friday’s debate is suppose to be about National Security/Foreign Policy…doesn’t Obama think he could skip that and take care of the peoples business. He’d rather be campaigning for a promotion, than doing the job that he is getting paid for now. McCain has a record of standing on his principles, and it seems as though he is at it again. Thanks John, it seems that we have one grown up in the bunch.

Suspend campaigns or no, the debate on Friday is on FOREIGN POLICY not domestic issues — at Obama’s insistence.
So yes, Barak, let’s have this debate go on — and let’s all watch the most irrelevant debate in presidential campaign history compared to what the people care about right now. Thank you for your leadership.

The last thing Reid wants is to have McCain on the Senate floor REMINDING the Democrats that back in 2004 – he warned them of EXACTLY this issue.
And the last thing the Democrats want is for the American people to find out this entire financial fiasco was caused BY the Democrats and their socialist agenda.

McCain can’t spare 1 1/2 hours Friday. What a bunch of crap. He can return to Washington Saturday morning. Had McCain done his job for the last 26 years, we wouldn’t be in this mess. Republicans = deregulation = second great depression…Do the American people a favor. Dismantle the republican party. A part of disaster. A proven record as such.

Hey “Davis”. Last time I checked (which you probably never have) The famous Keating 5 consisted of McCain and (4)Democrats! Did you know that?? I wonder…………Oh and by the way, yes back in 04,05,06…..the Republicans controlled congress and tried to pass legislation to oversee Freddy and Fanny…..the measures were blocked by fillibuster…..guess by whom??? The Hypocrats…..er Democrats. Why don’t you check up on real history a bit.

“I can file a multi-million dollar lawsuit becuase “social workers failed to come to my cubicle and feed me” UTOPIA!!”
John Edwards will take up your case.

this whole thing is idiotic. first off, the vote will probably not take place till after friday. mccain is using this as a ploy. we need to hear from the candidates now more then ever. suspending his presidential campaign? laughable. i like what letterman said…when there is a crisis in the white house is mccain going to suspend his presidency? it’s called multi-tasking. we need to hear from these two.
and amy…what are you talking about? dead in the water? this bail out is going to pass. i don’t think it should pass. if we truly live in a capitalist society then we let the companies fail. gas prices are going to go way up as well as other energy prices. printing money obviously causes it to be worth less. and there is no guarantee this bail out will work. but there is a guarantee that we are going to help out the rich and add greatly to our debt.
amy, we need to hear from obama and mccain. we need to see them debate. 40 days till the election. the economic problems aren’t going away. we need to see who will best be able to handle them.

Senator’s you must now vote on the “Financial Restructure Act”
“PRESENT”
I’m Barack Obama and I approve this message!

Harry Reid and Pelosi are embarrasments to us all. These fools caused the problem and now want to foul up one solution. They should both be recalled.
Perhaps the hero and the zero have a better answer.

I wish they’d all go home and let the chips fall where they may. In the long run we’ll be better off.

The roots of the problem are obvious: They are easy money, low standards by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and Congressional mandates to make preferential homeowner loans to high-risk minority individuals. This stimulated a bubble that, like all bubbles had to burst. Toward the end of the Clinton administration the dot com bubble popped. I wouldn’t worry much. We all survived then, just as we will survive now. This will blow over. It should be acknowledged, however, that John McCain did call for reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a couple of years ago. The Democrats repeatedly blocked such efforts, and as such played a larger role in the expansion of these boondoggle outfits than the Republicans. The mainstream media will never tell this story, however.

“Reid goes on the record and says without McCain there won’t be a deal and McCain decides to go to Washington and make happen and Reid says don’t bother coming. Well the logic there makes perfect sense to me. Reid is an idiot.”
Reid “specifically challenged McCain on Tuesday to take a position on the bailout package.”
That does not mean “begged McCain to stop campaigning and dash to Washington to save us.”
It’s not Reid who’s the idiot here.

Reid is a vile human being who is great at being a Democrat, but little else. Why would anyone care what he thinks is beyond me.

Amazing, people are actually questioning John McCain doing his job. It’s a shame for the people in Illinois that since they elected Barry he hasn’t spent one day working for them…just himself.
For the idiots that are posting that McCain is doing this so he doesn’t have to answer questions about the financial crisis in the debate: The debate is on “foreign policy,” so questions about this won’t be asked. I doubt McCain has ANY worries about debating Barry on foreign policy.

Wow…way to step up. This is so typical of him; it’s the equivalent of voting “present”.
Coward

McCain is clearly interested in leading the country while Barry’s only concern is posturing and primping for the camera.

Debate on foreign policy can wait. It will only be a few days.
Obama make a statement that I heard on the radio today at 4:45pm. He said he has been in constant with Pelozi and the Congress. He also siad he told them to “Call me if you need me and I will be right there”
What a laugh. Now is the time that both candidates must be in Washington to help out, after all, one of them will be President and will have to deal with this major problem after January.

Once again Obama proves to the American people who is more important–himself.
McCain proves that country comes first.
When our whole economy could collapse Obama is more worried about his campaign and a debate that could be rescheduled.

Obama — “I think the people would like to hear us TALK about our positions and solutions – I’ll wait for them to call me if they need me in Washington.”
McCain — Suspend the talk… Go into the fray and work out a solution
Hmmm… One waits and talks, the other goes and seeks action.
“Looking” presidential is NOT the same and BEING presidential.

McCain is my Senator. If a bill is being prepared in Washington I want him there to be involved. That’s HIS JOB.

Let’s see……tend to critical business on the nations behalf or, tend to ones self interest……tend to critical business on the nations behalf or, tend to ones self interest……tend to critical business on the nations behalf or, tend to ones self interest……………..What a bunch of idiots.

Thank you John McCain!!!! Good luck with your campaign Mr. Obama, you have demonstrated what is most important to you quite clearly. While you continue to use your words, John McCain will do what he does best. Get things done in Washington!!!!!

Obama is so awful that if he were the only oe at the debate, he’d still lose.

McCain is running for president. That is his job. So is the debate.
Now he is trying to deflect attention away from the fact that he is LOSING.
GO OBAMA

RILEY DO YOU ACTUALLY THINK SOMEONE AS DUMB AS MCCAIN COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE—–AS MR DEREGULATION CAUSED THE PROBLEM.

Reid is such a waste of respresentation. First he says he won’t support the bailout unless McCain does, then when McCain comes back to help pass the bailout and Reid says it won’t be helpful. Reid is such a politician looking for angles that he can’t even talk straight. Good move McCain, help make this bad medicine a little more acceptable.

Why should Obama go back to DC? He would just vote present.

“Ryan C – you are correct. These Blogs have turned into a NeoCon full panic propaganda infomercial today.”
Not blogs, Paige.
This single blog.
Either the RNC or McCain campaign sent out the URL of this particular blog as opposed to political punch.
Its funny to see them screw up their obvious astroturfing.

Way to go Obama !!! this is exactly what congress said when they were going to leave …..before having to work on the energy bill…… “WE ALL HAVE CELL PHONES ,,,,,CALL US IF YOU NEED US… ISNT THAT WHAT OBAMA SAID TODAY??? “CALL ME IF YIU NEED ME” “HILARIOUS” A DO NOTHING CONGRESS AND A DO NOTHING OBAMA,,, YOU GOTTA LOVE IT !!!!

As a republican I say it with clarity. My party is desparate!!. We republicans are loosing this election, big time.
we are loosing because we have a flawed candidated, period. We have a VP who is very lousy and dis-honest and to top it all she has zero foreign policy experience, lol. McCain is faltering and he is all over the place, maybe his age, who nows but is real. He does not understand the economy in no form. Thats a fact. I feel sorry for McCain becouse his manager Rick Davis has him runnig in 500 directions. This is not McCain, its Rick Davis, Karl rove. I agree 100% we need to re-group and work hard for 2012. Runnig from a debate is not the solution at this point. McCain is runnig away from the fact the his manager Rick Davis has received huge sums of money from FANNIE MAY. This is a fact. Shamefull!!! Rick Davis should be fired along with Grahm. What a disaster for McCain this late in the game. We republican can spin these issues a million times but the fact dont lie.Polls are really starting to trend towards Obama and I belive he will win too!!.

Reid to McCain–”Don’t come back and see what we’ve loaded up this bail-out with…I mean we’ve got student loans, credit card companies, all lining up with their hands out. We have plenty of taxpayers that are current with their loans–why not make them pay for those who can’t–it’s only fair…”

Isn’t it time to get rid of Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi? They are such a disgrace and continue to play politics instead of putting this country first.
If Obama is elected it will be disaster with the 3 of them in charge.

Hey B.O., there won’t be teleprompters at the debate. Take advantage of the postponement and study!

Obama, no teleprompter ready for you on the coming debate so don’t be in a hurry. McCain is right “Country First”. For Obama his political ambitions first before country. Vote McCain-Palin.

Hilarious! The Mccain campaign calls this a “financial Pearl Harbor” I get it! With Greenspan and the GOP playing the role of Japan and the gullable people that vote against their own self interest as the burning harbor itself!

“In fact, perhaps they engineered this whole financial mess knowing that it would kill the chances for the incumbent party in an election year.”
Two things NOT the best interests of the Braying Jackasses:
1) Economic success while a Republican is in the White House.
2) Military success while a Republican is in the White Whouse.
Two examples:
1) 1982 ban on off-shore drilling (they must have known it would ultimately lead us to war somewhere).
2) 2003 refusal to allow the Administration to move forward with efforts to reform Freddie and Fannie (“Bush is just trying to make it harder for poor people to buy homes” — Barney Frank)
Democrats, and their weak-handed “centrist” Republican enablers, are all a bunch of frauds, liars and cheats.

NO WAY, NO HOW NO MCCAIN!!! AND HELL NO TO PALIN…
A CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN FOR OBAMA!!!!

SEEMS LIKE ALL THE REPUBLICANS ARE OUT IN FORCE TWISTING THE TRUTH AGAIN.

McCain – putting country first, election 2nd. Just like the surge in Iraq when he said he would rather lose an election than lose the war.
Obama – “Call me if you need me”.

It’s only nature at this juncture to judge the presidential combatants on the basis of who won and who lost.
But in judging the winner, consider the following:
- Is this a crisis? Yes, according to members on all sides
- Does a decision need to be made now? Yes, according to all sides
- Does the debate have to take place on Friday? Well, no, it can be put off by a few days as necessary
Most importantly, one of these combatants will assume the presidency next January. As such, one of them will inherit the aftermath of whatever decision is made to address the existing crisis. In fact, the decision will in part set the conditions of their entire term(s).
If I am either of the combatants, do I want to avoid being directly and deeply engaged in such a decision? Absolutely not.

John McCain is being a coward because he does not want to debate Obama on the Bush “rescue plan”.
The republicans under Bush have destroyed our Economy and now they want the american people to pay for their mistakes. Guess what…I did not take out a risky mortgage and I am not paying for another year of $million dollar wall street bonus’s again which is exactly what this will fund. Wall street employees sucked all of the money out of their companies while shareholders stood back and watched and did nothing. It was like watching a plane being hijacked and doing nothing. They were disgusting pigs and now they want the our country to print money we don’t have and that is not going to happen without OVERSIGHT.

How utterly unprofessional of Senator Reid. Senator McCain and Senator Obama both need to be there – It’s their job! Put off the damn debate for week and sort this bill out!

Fannie Mae lobbyists have given Barack Obama $123,000 since 2004 – only 4 years. In Contrast John McCain has received only $19,000 in the past 20 years. Furthermore, The Lehmann Brother’s Global Investment Bank (recently went under) lobbyists gave Obama $365,922 since 1989 and gave McCain $115,800 in the same time period.
Enough said.

It all depends if the bill passes before market open next Monday. If yes, then McCains leadership position will be rewarded at the polls. If the consummate loser Reid prevails in blocking the bill, we the citizens will all suffer economically.

First he was the “Experience Choice.” That did not work now it’s “A Change is Coming.” That is a true statement, he changes his mind, his idea, and maybe soon Palin. After all she changing is rating and his only goal is winning. Everything for him is “I.” McCain there is no I in team. America is looking for solution, not party politics.

McCain is a leader and Obama is a politician on the level of Harry Reid.

The last I looked both Senator McCain and Obama are elected officials who take an oath to do the “peoples” work. Senator McCain shows up while Senater Obama say “Call me if you need me.”
Pretty evident whose “walking the walk” versus only “talking the talk”.

Reid is the poster boy of ignorance. It just goes to show as long as Reid is the senate majority leader…bipartisan cooperation is nothing but democratic rhetoric.
It doesn’t take a genius to realize Obama called Reid and told Reid what to say to McCain. They both spewed the same inaccurate diatribe, which indicates neither were actually thinking…beyond partisan politics.
When Reid parroted the following Obama statement…
“If there were ever a time for both candidates to hold a debate before the American people about this serious challenge, it is now.”
…it is apparent both have forgotten the topic of the first debate is foreign policy…not the economy.

My God. These are the same incompetents that have been running the committees and looked the other way. Dodd and Obama were payed off by Fannie Mae to block reforms that McCain was pushing. And we are asking these same people to get us out of this mess. We are doomed. Maybe this will bring on the revolution more quickly. Washington is being run by a bunch of Ivy League lawyers. Enough! It is Obama who is more of the same. Keep your powder dry.

THIS IS JUST A POLITICAL STUNT BY MCBUSH – THE WELL KNOWN DEREGULATOR WHOS ECONOMIC PLAN WAS WRITTENT BY PHIL GRAHAM WHO CALLED US A NATION OF “WHINERS” AND IS THE KEY GUY BEHIND THIS MESS, GO READ UP ON HIM. DON’T FALL FOR THIS STUNT.

Give me a break. Regardless of what has been said this is a non partisan issue that is the responsibility of both parties. If something good can come out of this why not. No hidden motives like giving Palin or Obama or whoever more time to crib. This is pure unadulterated horse pucky.
I am sick to death of this BS political head banging. When are Americans going to start being Americans again? And don’t give me Bush did it, Clinton did it, Reagan did it, Carter did it etc. We all did it over the course of many years.
There are no political affiliations in a fox hole folks and this is a fox hole of both parties making. Now, it’s up to both parties to fix it up or bring in the people who can.
Seymour

Top three beneficiaries of political contributions from Fannie and Freddie … Christopher Dodd, John Kerry and Barry Hussein Obama ($105,000). Fifteen of the top 25 are Democrats.
Explain that at the debate Obama.

Harry “the war is lost” Reid is a shunk and an idiot! McCain’s campaign has it in a message that Reid earlier actually wanted McCain to return! Obviously the Nobama campaign doesn’t want that. Interesting that the leftist media is propagating a blatant lie, that the GOP is more “to blame” for the financial crisis than the Dems? Bloomberg reported that not only has Nobama recruited one of the culprits from Fanny/Freddie, who started this thing with weak management,but something else directly relevant. Bush’s administration tried, on 9 (nine) separate occasions, to get legislation through congress that would have restricted Fanny/Freddie from doing the weak things they were doing. The GOP supported this, but, ON EVERY OCCASION, Pelosi and Reid blocked the legislation!
It never even got to the floor because it was blocked in committee. So the prime culprit for this disaster is clearly the Dems!

This is the game changer that proves who is a leader and who is a self-serving politician.

McCain unbeleivable running from the debates. He will be all over the tv talking. Most of the bill will be worked out among the congresttional members on the banking comittee. McCain is just looking for photo ops.

Obama will keep on campaigning, and fundraising for himself while everyone else does the hard work.
What else can you expect from someone that voted present 130 times rather than make a decision.
“They can call if they need me”–as the economy is on the brink of collapse.
So presidential of him.

McCain hasn’t shown up for a vote for 4 months and conveniently missed the vote for the renewable energy tax credit which was narrowly defeated. McCain seems to be prone to dramatic impulsive gestures — what he lacks in knowledge, coherence or consistency, he makes up for in vehmence. I think that the Congress can struggle along without John McCain’s imput on restructuring mortgage backed sub prime securities and credit default swaps, now that he has come out of his coma. Supposedly Obama has been plugging away at debate preparation while McCain has not. Nobody is going to be postponing the election, and what we need now is some kind of meaningful, substantive input on the ISSUES.

Regardless, Friday’s scheduled debate was to cover “foreign policy” only. Being an elected senator, McCain is doing exactly what he should be doing at this critical time in our country. Good for you future President McCain! Obama is all about Obama!

This cracks me up. When the Democrats don’t have a valid argument, they just make things up. Oh yea… Senate bill S.190 check it out.

I can’t believe you guys are buying this. I’m an independent, but even I can read between the lines here. Everything McCain has done in the last few months—even that day off for Ike—has been for his campaign. His motives are more transparent than glass. And just to show you how transparent they are, think about this: All you out there who so vehemently believe this is an example of McCain putting the country first and Obama putting his campaign first, I have one question for you: Where were you on this topic yesterday? Where were you knowing that A.) we were in the midst of a financial crises and B.) knowing the debate was coming up on Friday? I don’t remember reading a single comment yesterday that suggested either candidate should postpone the debate. Not a single one. And now all of you McCain supporters believe this political gimmick is a clear sign of leadership? What if it was Obama’s suggestion? Oh, but it was. He did suggest it and McCain, the weasel that he is, stole the idea (like a true Nixon Republican) and used it for his own political gain.
Disgusting.
McCain, you just lost me.

MCCAIN IS TRYING TO AVOID GETTING HIS DUMB BUTT KICKED BY OBAMA—–WHAT AN ACT—

let us work on this as Americans saving our jobs, that what this truly will come down to. NOT what party we belong to. THIS is VERY SEROIUS. Stop the he said she said work on a FIX.

I don’t give a crap if it’s a gimmick or not, this is a crises regardless of who’s fault it is and it’s time for everyone in Washington to work together for the future of this country! If you have kids of your own, I hope you can relate. I also think Senator Reid has no right to tell ANYONE they can’t help! I got news for you, if John McCain represents my district whether I voted for him or not, I would want him there as the representative of my district.

WELL REID IS A FEW FRIES SHORT OF A HAPPY MEAL TO BEGIN WITH. IF MCCAIN GETS IN ON THIS FINE. HE IS STILL A SENATOR. IF OBAMA GETS IN ON THIS I AM WORRIED. I THINK SOME INVESTIGATIONS NEED TO BE STARTED ON THE ENTIRE HOUSE AND SENATE FOR THIS ISSUE. THEY ALL DID IT. THEY ARE THE ROOT OF THIS. BUSH ISNT ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE CAUSE HE IS THE LAST TO GET THE PAPERS. MAYBE THE CONGRESS SHOULD GO BACK ON VACATION CAUSE THE PROBLEM WOULD PROBABLY START TO FIX ITSELF IF THEY DID.

The Democrats under Clinton started this ball rolling, and BLOCED every effort to slow it down and prevent the financial meltdown of today.
However, Bush’s proposal is a BAD idea!
But, I’ll vote for either Obama or McCain. Whoever STANDS UP first to say that we should KILL the bill and let the companies fail. So far McCain isn’t doing that, but since Obama will never STAND up to take a position I guess my vote will still go to McCain by default.

“This is the game changer that proves who is a leader and who is a self-serving politician”
It doesn’t prove anything. You can deride McCain for intruding unnecessarily – and perhaps damagingly – into a delicate political process in search of a photo op, or you can praise him for taking action. It’s entirely down to how you perceive it.
For my part, I have grave doubts about McCain’s motives here. Even if you do think it’s the right thing for him to intervene, there’s no way this was the right way to go about it.

You McCain supporters crack me up. A few months back McCain chided, goaded, demanded that Obama take an overseas trip; then when he did, and it was successful beyond anything McCain has ever done on the foreign policy front, you people turned around and accused him of grand-standing. Then McCain and his supporters demanded that Obama adopt a townhall format of McCain’s design and choosing, and Obama had the good sense to negotiate to a debate schedule that both campaigns agreed upon.
SO now McCain’s numbers are dropping like a stone because his economic logic and advisors has just been shown for the voodoo economics that it really is, and so McCain suddenly gets religion about doing the people’s business and wants to “suspend” the campaigns instead of going ahead with the debate scheduled for just two days from now. Their logic: our numbers suck, McCain’s not ready, and besides, we can pull a stunt and look like post-partisan heroes, while Obama, if he refuses to postpone, might look like he’s more concerned with politics than the economy, and if he agrees to postpone, we got him bowing down to McCain’s “leadership.”
But guess what? The American public is not quite as STUPID as the GOP and the McCain campaign thinks, and McCain certainly is no hero in regard to this mess: indeed he would have us risk social security and health care to the same logic of deregulation and the socialization of loss, debt, and risk, while privatizing profit for his wealthy patrons. And you can take that to the bank!

Mmmkay… Mr. Harry “Mackey” Reid

There is no reason to delay this debate. Many voters are waiting to see the debates to make their decision. It fact, with all that is going on, we need to hear more from the candidates. John McCain continually pulls stunt after stunt. In 2000 the Bush campaign launched a whispering campaign that McCain was not stable enough to be president. McCain is beginning to prove they had a point.

Honestly, would anyone in their right mind think McCain would run from a debate with Obama around National Security…get real guys.
In fact McCain wanted to do 10 town hall settings and Obama would not do it.
This is McCain putting country before self, something most dems know nothing about anymore. What a shame.

NcCain is a member of the Senate, and he belongs there. Reid, Dodd, and Frank certainly aren’t solving this crisis. Obama and Dodd are the largest recipients of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac campaign donations.

Let’s see, we have two sitting Senators. One is willing to do the job he’s been elected to do and the other one is willing to take a pass. Gee, in times of conflict, I’d rather have the guy who’s willing to step up to the plate than the one who’s only out for himself.

DID ANYONE EVER STOP TO REALIZE THAT THESE GUYS ARE GETTING ALL THEY CAN BEFORE THE REPUB BIG BUSINESS GANG IS KICKED OUT OF OFFICE.

McCain’s campaign is all theatrics now!! Why didn’t he rush back to Washington when this began last week?
If it wasn’t political, McCain wouldn’t have gone on TV and challenged Obama to do this stunt. He knew from 2 phone calls Obama initiated that Obama wanted to issue a joint statement. McCain and all his talking heads have been all over tv. Another stunt to try to dupe Americans.
The solution is just about hammered out and now Mccain is going to run in there and act like his presence made a difference.
I can see from many of the posts there are many who are proud to be easily fooled!

McCain is just looking for photo op to look like he is doing something when really doing nonething. Most of the negotiations is going on with the congressional members of the banking committee. He can better explain his positions to the public at the debates. As usual when the subject becomes what would McCain do about economy, he switches the subject to political tactics

Some of the comments here are downright bizarre.
What Senate business, exactly, do you think will be being done at 9pm Friday that prevents the debate taking place?
Obama’s point isn’t that he and McCain shouldn’t do anything but debate – it’s that they should do what would be helpful AND debate.

What is McCain the economic wizard planning to accomplish for us with his triumphant return to Washington?
No-one will deny that neither McCain nor Obama are in a position to ‘fix’ this crisis.
Their primary duty at present is to proceed with the electoral process – as you know (!) absolutely critical to our democracy.
We must see McCain and Obama as many times as possible to make a well-informed decision.
McCain is afraid of Obama and trying to capitalize on national fear.
This is hypocrisy that will not escape the notice of the American people.

All us stooges who saved up for a down payment, paid our mortgage on time, now Obama wants us to forgive the mortgages of those who took out a second for a media room.
Obama is nuts. I hope he stays in Disneyland. We are talking $700 billion, and he says he is on top of it between debate preps??? Are you kidding me???

Hey…DMR…Who…which candidate has been begging the other to debate in Town Hall Meeting for SIX MONTHS…Hint..Hint…John McCain.
See, your candidate has to have a teleprompter in front of him to make sense.
Please post specifically…key word..why you think this man (Obama) is a financial wizard. What qualifies him as “better” on the economy? I know he is better at taking the people’s money (that means you too). I know that he is associated with corruption in Chicago…does that make him better qualified to deal with the solution. I think he knows the problem real well…he associates with them. So, why is Obama a Financial Guru? Oh…I know..the media told you so. But did you ever look at what he has actually done, what it has cost his constituency? I have…I would have got rid of him a long time ago. So, I should listen to a community organizer instead of someone who is a member of the commerce committee.

McCain running away from questions again, why not let Sister Sarah Barracuda fill in? McPalin fans want to hear from her more than Mad Man McCain, give them what they want. She likes to take shots at Obama, let them face off, because I’m sure he’ll have questions that need to be answered too. I live in Alaska and we have questions that she has run from, sound familiar?

Maybe McCain is suspending his campaign to make the market situation look more dire than it is.
Bush, et al, are trying to scare us. We must pass this quickly, they say, or disaster ensues. Why not let the billionaires buy up this bad debt, the result of Washington and Wall Street greed and deregulation. Why not use the money, instead, to shore up the FDIC or make a minuscule dent in the national debt?

My god all these McCain supporters spouting the same old lies. This problem is singlehandedly caused by Phill Gramm. Time after time getting congress to repeal regulations, and finally freeing the 5 largest investment banks to take on unprecedneted leverage for personal gain. Note that 3 are already gone as a result. And that manis McCain’s economic advisor. WAKE UP!

SEND SARAH!!!!!!!!

Richard Ney, author of “The Wall Street Jungle,” states that The Controlling Stockholder of the Chase Manhattan Bank, now J P Morgan Chase, dominates The New York Branch Bank of the Federal Reserve over the other two very small member banks, and Chase sets Interest Rates, not the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank, who is a David Rockefeller’s spokesperson. Every day, one of his Limo’s takes Henry Kissinger to the White House, with his latest suggestions. So Nationalize the Federal Reserve Bank, and rename it the United States Central Bank. The Paper Aristocracy explains why the US must base the currency on Silver; there is a very lot of it; and there is not enough Gold. Great Britain fell, when it switched from Sterling Silver to Gold as the bases for its currency. Gold makes it too easy for someone to get a corner on the market, which is why the British Upper Class switched and gave Great Britain its final mortal death wound; by restoring Charles II who destroyed the Natural Law in Britain, the British Upper Class Fatally Weakened Gret Britain, bringing it the Racist Georges I, II, and III; Great Britain destroyed its Greatness and lost its Empire. As Margret Mitchell’s GTWW Character, “Rhet Butler,” was made to say, “There is as much money to be made in tearing down a Great Civilization, as was made in building it up.” Unfortunately, Britain did not have a “Reign of Justice,” to rid itself of such a great concentration of “Evil Genes,” as did the French, after 1792. Well, “Better Late Than Never.” DNA tests to determine just who the “Evil,”Genes are,” are now just easily possible.

“I for one would love to see both Obama and McCain show up for work (taxpayer supported jobs) and actually debate and vote on the issue.”
And why do they need to suspend campaigning and cancel a 9pm debate on a Friday to do that, again?
I don’t believe either of them was planning on missing this vote. But they don’t need to stop campaigning to do that, and I don’t think it’s desirable for them to stop campaigning.
The choice of the next President is a critically important decision that will determine the direction of this country for the next four years, and it has to be made in just 40 days’ time.
This is not the time to take a time-out. There is no need for McCain and Obama to stop campaigning. They should both be quite capable of providing their assistance on this issue as required without doing that.

carolyn,
‘please post specifically’?
hmmm….
please note the irony – i was referring to McCain as a ‘financial wizard.’
didn’t mention Barack Obama.
remember, McCain is the one who is on record as having no expertise in economic matters.

Obama would rather stick to his prepared debate rather than go to Washington and actually work. For a man who’s been on the campaign trail for almost 2 years, what could he possibly know about doing real work??!! Besides, I’m sure his speech writers haven’t come up with anything for him to say in Washington!

Did anyone see Palin interview with Katie. Even with all the studing she did, she did not better with Katie than she did with Charlie. I wonder if they are going to label Katie a sexiest too.

I hope the point is not lost that a leader IS supposed to step forward.
Several say that the Presdiential Politics should not be infused, but would that not bring the pressure to all of these clowns (Dems and Reps). Make them operate under the spotlight and show us which ones really are willing to “Do What Is Right For The US Citizens”…..
Most of you idiots are as bad as the Politicians in Washington. You are more worried about how this looks to your political choice.

If Harry Reid were a better excuse for a human being he might make a better majority leader. He’s a disgrace to the Senate and his party.

I was a football hero in highschool and my wife is president of the PTA. I think we could lie and flip/flop as good as John and Sarah.

I SE RODNEY THE REPUB TROLL IS BACK AGAIN—-JUST ANOTHER SICK REPUB—WITHOUT ANY IDENTITY OF HIS OWN—HOWEVER IT SHOWS THAT I AM MAKING A DIFFERENCE—–MCCAIN IS A DUMB BORDER LINE SENILE OLD GESER –WHO CANNOT AFTER 26 YEARS CHANGE ANYTHING–AND RODNEY THE TROLL CAN CHANGE HIS DIAPER.

Obama and McCain are Senators first and Presidential Candidates second. They should focus their efforts out of respect to the people who elected them.
Telling them to stay away from Washington because they may not have a say in the process is like telling someone not to vote – “Hey, millions are voting what the point of one less vote?”

“country first”: what McCain is really motivated by, or in this case a slogan -
- a slogan connected to political theatre – political theatre designed to secure McCain a breather while suggesting (falsely) that he’s doing it for ‘selfless’ reasons.
your duty, Mr. McCain, is to show yourself to us before your opponent.
Let the experts (you’ve admitted you are not one) work on this without your campaign interests breathing down their neck.
Smacks of cowardice masquerading as self-aggrandizement.

If Obama shows up for the debates all alone, he will then have a 50-50 shot of winning it.

I’ve already sent my mail in ballot. I voted McCain/Palin and I have a feeling that a lot of other people will too and send them to the white house.

Wait..Last week Harry said he didn’t know what to do.

An enormous fear play can be made here.
A. McCain goes to Washington and sides on a bill. The GOP falls in line quickly.
B. Obama must follow that lead or reject it. The Dems will follow accordingly.
The likelihood will be Obama doing something different, and causing a stonewall effect.
It is at that point, that the President and McCain and the rest of the GOP are going to point out the results of what is likely to be another Depression in the economy.
Now that is outright scary, but let me point out, jusst because it is scary does not me it isn’t true – it is dead on.
If these banking institutions fail – which they are and will, then money can’t be loaned. If money can’t be loaned, people won’t qualify for cars, homes, to start new businesses, for current businesses to expand.
Without the ability to borrow money, this country will go big-time into a long-term crisis the likes the current living generations have never seen.
McCain and the President’s and the backers of whatever bail-out plan that is, are going to win this battle, and if Obama opposes it, he’s going to look weak, and that could be huge.
Make no mistake, this stuff is abosolutely real, it will determine our future, and yet it is a very well calculated approach politically speaking by McCain.
Should a bill by chance be worked out that Obama backs, rest assure McCain is onboard that bill as well, and it will still appear that McCain brought the student back to work to do the people’s business, and of course, Bush will approve the bill.
In the end, this is going to be a GOP bill with the President’s approval, and Obama has the short end of the stick…
It is a smart move by McCain, no doubt about it.
The debate? Useless. Obama is crying that it is time on Friday night to talk about the economy and this crisis, etc…
Newsflash to Obama and other people who don’t have a clue that he believes he can snow – Friday night is about National Security and the middle-east, nothing on the economy. So perhaps Obama had better prepare for the right debate on Friday night…
Let me ask a question: What happens if McCain pounds out a last minute deal on Friday night, and victory in the bailout is secured on Friday night with McCain leading the way – and Obama is on stage with himself answering national security questions…
Obama isn’t going to look good, or like a leader – not even close.

I don’t think the dems want Obama to have to come to DC to cast another vote of “present”. If he went, he might feel pressured to actually make a stand. That would be very unfamiliar territory. Easier to wait and praise his colleagues and bad mouth the GOP after the work is done.
He has all these great ideas, exactly why is that he can’t submit any legislation to solve some problems? He IS being paid as a senator, right?

Hmmm… McCain goes to DC for a few days and gets Repubs in Congress on board for a plan and still makes it to the debate on Friday while leaving Reid and Obama in the dark until the last minute.

How the heck is McCain going to help anything? A person that admittedly knows nearly nothing about the economy is somehow going to be the savior? Give me a break! This a political stunt, nothing more! And anyone that believes otherwise is blind, death, and/or dumb. I guess the economy isn’t so “fundamentally strong” as he said!

NEXT MCCAIN WILL BRING OUT PALIN AND HER WITCH HUNTING MINISTER –WHAT THE HELL ARE THESE REPUBS ALL ABOUT——NOW THEY ARE MAKING ALL KINDS OF EXCUSES FOR MCCAIN TO AVOID DEBATE.

This is laughable on its face to think that McCain (fifth from bottom of his Navy class) is the night in shining armor in this crisis. PLEASE!

Clinton signed the bank deregulation in 1999, this would have been a problem if Gore was elected in 2000. Both sides caused the wall street deregulation problem.

Harry Reid is right we don’t need anybody in Washington including him. Kick all the bums out in November. This kind of term limits will be good for the country – could not get any worse.

MCCAIN IS DOWN BY 10 POINTS AND THIS WILL BRING HIM DOWN A FEW MORE.
NOW HE IS RUNNING AND HIDING—–NOW WE NEED TO HEAR A FEW OF HIS BROADCASTS FROM THE HANOI HILTON——–THE BIG BUSINESS ORIENTED REPUBS MUST GO.

Why would Obama WANT or NEED to participate in negotiations? They need more input than “PRESENT”.
The ‘debate’ should go on….so all his followers can listen to ‘his plan’…haha..whatever that might be. I don’t think he came up with one yet. McCain is doing the right thing..the Democrats are opposed because they weren’t the first to make that decision.
What a display of ‘LEADERSHIP’.

What do you expect Harry Reid to say? He’s as partisan as it gets. How many pieces of bi-partisan legislation has Reid spearheaded? Zero. How man pieces of bi-partisan legislation has McCain been co-sponor of? More than Reid has years in the Senate.
McCain’s leadership is greatly needed.

Obama want’s to socialize America and he knows his 13% rated do-nothing fellow Dem’s lead by Nancy ‘Botox’ Pelosi will ensure this plan does just that. They’re all pushing the same socialist agenda so why does Obama need to be there. This will bring the country 1 step closer to the Marxist state he wants it to be.

It’s over for McCain and he knows it. He’s running scared and he’s out of control.

WHEN YOU PUT PEOPLE MAKING 25 THOUSAND A YEAR IN 300 THOUSAND DOLLAR HOMES–HOW IN THE WORLD CAN THEY PAY THE MORTGAGE—-NOW WE WHO HAVE WORHKED HARD FOR YEARS HAVE TO PAY THE BILL FOR SOMEONE ELSE—I THINK NOT—MAKE THESE COMPANIES RESPONSIBLE–THE MCCAIN DEREGULATION MUST END

McCain Out-Maneuvers Obama Campaign— avoiding a Katrina type response

Jake Tapper has a good post on the political machinations set in motion by McCain’s bold move to suspend his campaign and return to Washington to help lead the talks on an economic bailout. I think McCain’s decision to suspend…

obama is too stupid to have any input worth hearing. H emust know it too or he would do the same

JR wrote “This is a 3:00 AM phone call and John McCain is politicizing it, how sad, did this jerk ever have principles?”
How about “This is a 3:00 AM phone call and John McCain is answering that call while Barak Obama is ignoring it.”

Maybe McCain is suspending his campaign to make the market situation look more dire than it is.
Bush, et al, are trying to scare us. We must pass this quickly, they say, or disaster ensues. Why not let the billionaires buy up this bad debt, the result of Washington and Wall Street greed and deregulation. Why not use the money, instead, to shore up the FDIC or make a minuscule dent in the national debt?

Sandy, Obama looked Presidential. McCain looked liked a wounded dog scampering for cover. One can only take so many, “my friends,” then followed up with countless lies. When even Rove admits McCain has shot his wad with lies you know you are lying way too much.
This is a strictly political stunt from a guy that admits to KNOWING NOTHING about the economy. I’ve seen marbles sharper than McCain and his alleged running mate, that no one can ask questions.

Perhaps I’m being overly cynical (if that’s possible) but might it not be better if every member of the Senate and House who is not on the Finance Committee’s or doesn’t have a background in complex economic systems (that should eliminate about all of them) was sent home. Do we really want several hundred ego driven partisans having imput on something they basically know nothing about, especially when 35% of the Senate and 100% of the House are up for reelection, let alone the Presidency?

Usually, when a president or a leader must confront immediate crisis, a surrogate is sent to cover less urgent matters and commitments. If McCain feels his economic wisdom is critical to the proposed bailout, why not sent Palin in his place to debate? If Obama feels likewise, he should, in turn, send Biden to the debate. After all, Sarah “Barracuda” Palin is a self-described “pitbull”, so she should have no problem discussing the issues with either Obama OR Biden. Right?

Unbelievable.
I was actually for McCain before being against him! This is really low political trickery and the ‘Big Lie’ in action. The Republicans ran this Country into the ground and now their candidate says “lets stop the politics and fix this thing”. Where the hell were the Republicans for the past 10 years when they ran Congress and then the Executive Branch of Government? The best way to fix something is to have the foresight to see the problems before it actually happens — that is what is commonly known as “Leadership”.
Something the Republicans or the Country has not had in some time. I am a Republican but can’t in good conscious vote for this party any more — this Country needs change. This was the final straw that broke the proverbial Camel’s back.
I listen to Rush but have had to turn him off the last few days because he keeps yelling how the Democrats, under Clinton and Carter… Carter!!!! got us into THIS mess and that it was the Republicans who have been trying to fix it this whole time… c’mon man… this argument stinks of real desperation on the neo-conservatives. Really people, what has happened to the Republican Party??? Throw the bums out and lets take our party back from the ground up.
More of the same, vote McCain.

pedro says
i think we have had enough of harry reid
mccain good
obama no good

Eyes Wide, McCain is a crusty old man that needs to be in the nursing home and not running anything. His alleged running mate can’t even be asked questioned. Neither of them are Presidential. They have the collective IQ of a moose and you think they are Presidential material. Just look where electing intellectually incompetent people got us! I guess you haven’t learned yet!

Who the hell does Reid think he is after all? Does he not realize that McCain was “Voted” to represent his people, the same as Reid, and by Reid telling him to stay home is the same as saying the folks in Arizona doesn’t matter. What a slap in the face to the institution, the constitution and coming together to solve the nation’s problems. It seems to me that Reid, and his party, have forgotten why they are there and who put them there. This is EXACTLY the institution/mindset that McCain is trying to get rid of….and for good reason. This isn’t the United States of the Democratic Party nor the Harry Reidland…this guy needs to go!

I suspect a ploy to give Palin more time to cram for her debate.

McCain better be able to do a couple of things at once, multi-tasking seems to be a major part of being president.
This guy just keeps sounding crazier and crazier!

McCain has a true sense of what is really important to this country – America First!

Obama going to attend the debate alone? I guess he could run back ‘n’ forth from teleprompter to teleprompter. . . Perhaps he could call one of his buds, Ayres or Wright?

it’s just a political gimmick on McSame’s part. A gimmick to keep his unqualified pitbull from having to go up against a foreign policy expert in Biden.
McShame is lost. It’s going from hilarious to horrible.
Obama/Biden ’till 2024

Reid is a partisan hack, come on nevada, vote this bum out of office already. McCain is doing the right thing.

Harry Reid…you are a disgrace in your biased representing of the people of this country……

Maybe Johnny will send Sarah, that would be a nice gesture. She could fillet a moose, while Obama tells the American people how to cure the ills brought on by eight years of Republican rule.

You Democrats are amazingly selective in your memory, seems to me the Bush Administration was warning as far back as 2001 about the bad financials of Fannie & Freddie, and McCain offered legislation that would have regulated those institutions but was rebuffed by the short-sighted Dems. Barney Frank led the way in saying things were fine…but I don’t hear word one from you Dems about this? Too bad McCain doesn’t hammer that home with the voters!!

“But when McCain wants to vote on the Economy suddenly it’s “OH! He’s a Chicken to run away from the debates!”
You haven’t understood the issue. This isn’t about McCain voting on the bill (and why would he need to suspend his campaign to do that anyway?).
This is about him suspending his campaign to turn up and interfere with the negotiations.

Eyes wide, give it a rest. You are running two of the most incompetent people in your entire party. They are nose diving in the polls because issues are back on the table. This stunt by McCain will backfire and he will slide even further into the electoral abiss. It would be better for him to just admit to the American public that he nor his alleged VP, are capable of running on the issues and they are running on political stunts!
McCain/Palin “Campaign First”

let’s see — John McCain has made it back to the senate to vote exactly once in the last 8 months. Now 4 days before the debate, with his poll numbers tanking, & his campaign manager decovered in bed with Freddie Mac — NOW he needs to be there. Not to vote mind you. Just to offer “leadership.” Didn’t the senate need him for the last 8 months? Ole Miss is set to lose 5.5 million dollars if he cancels the debate, can he make that part of the big Wall Street bailout, too? Hey, why don’t we just cancel the election as well? John McCain is just a scared old man who’s lost his nerve and his way, and it shows. Pathetic.

McCain is putting politics aside to serve his country. He’s served his country before in difficult times and he’s doing again.
Obama and Reid are doing nothing, as usual, but talking.

“You Democrats are amazingly selective in your memory, seems to me the Bush Administration was warning as far back as 2001″
Funny how the Republiican Congress ignored the Bush admin.
“about the bad financials of Fannie & Freddie, and McCain offered legislation that would have regulated those institutions but was rebuffed by the short-sighted Dems.”
How was he “rebuffed” by Dems when Republicans where the chair and controlled the committee?
Maybe if GOP leader Delay and Frist weren’t so busy violating their public trust they could have called for a vote on it.

I like how everyone is diverting this issue over onto the two presidential candidates and not looking at what the root of the problem is. Both Obama and McCain are at fault for this problem along with everyone else in the government. Both dems and reps are to blame. One, the current admin under republican rule for their overzealous spending and laissez-faire attitude and two, the Dems feeble attempts at trying to stop them. Both of these parties have run their course and in my eyes need to go. The two party system has worked for many years, but it time to get other parties, with new, fresh ideas involved in American politics.

Reid has it all wrong- talk about making politcal hay out of a national crisis. Bad call on Obama’s part- of course, it fits his history- stay away from the really tough issues and make another speech filled with meaningless platitudes.

McCain was the only one in Congress to warn about the problems with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac YEARS ago and no one – including Obama – would listen.

Ridiculous ploy by McCain campaign — like shutting down your PC and rebooting when it doesn’t run well. Maybe McCain hopes a reboot will get his campaign running better. Permit me to doubt!
-sdr

Tim, McCain is not putting his country first! He is putting his campaign first, hence his pick of Palin! It was never about country first, but winning! Palin is/was a gimmick! She brings nothing to the ticket that would be helpful to him should he win the Presidency.
Similarly, he goes to DC to try and grab some spotlight, and the simple, less savvy voters believe he is doing this for his country. BS! He is doing this to take the heat off the campaign that he was feeling. If he wants to put country first, he should have picked a better VP candidate.

“McCain was the only one in Congress to warn about the problems with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac YEARS ago”
McCain cosponsored a bill in May of 2006 that Sen Hagel originally intro’d in 2003.
Maybe the GOP should have put Hagel up for the nomination.

per Aengil
then why did Harry Reid make a big deal out of Obama voting – stop drinking the koolaid

McRoberto McDuran is losing now he want to quit.

Wrong Ryan.
It was Bush in 2003 that tried to reform Fannie Mae. Even the New York Times reported that. Even Obama said that McCain has always been for reform.

“Yesterday, Harry Reid said that consensus couldn’t be achieved without John McCain’s leadership.”
No, he said that McCain would have to agree to the final deal. He didn’t say that McCain had to cancel the campaign and lead the entire election media circus to Capitol Hill in the middle of sensitive negotiations.

I think they should debate. But I think it would be good if they debated about the economy instead of foreign affairs, given what’s going on.

Senator Obama needs to go to Washington and represent the citizens of Illinois in this national crisis.
you need to study for your foreign policy debate? do it later. we elected you to represent us; not to avoid making difficult decisions in crisis.
you got elected as a Senator…now, do your job. reminder: although your history may say otherwise, you are not a professional political campaigner. you are a Senator. act like it.

Gee I forgot, but don’t both presedental candidates also have a district to represent. If they don’t show up does that mean that that district has no input in the process. Or does Harry Reid think he represents all of the country.

“Wrong Ryan.
It was Bush in 2003 that tried to reform Fannie Mae.”
So the other right winger was lying when he said McCain was the only one…thanks.
Tim check out S.1508 during the 108th session of Congress. It was intro’d by Hagel. That bill later became s.190 which Hagel reintroduced during the 109th session in Jan ’05. McCain made his speech and became cosponsor in May of 2006.

Wow. Real presidential, McNutjob.
I want you on point in a crisis…..NOT!

Reid to McCain: Don’t Come Back to Capitol. We don’t need him in California either.

“No terrorist attacks, 95 percent of the people working. Call a wambulance. It’s a another liberal crying crocodile tears.”
So 9/11 never happened?
Bush didn’t run and hide while terrorist flew planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon?

Oh shucks, Barry O won’t be able to vote “present”.

McCain, hasn’t been in Congress since April. And then decides two days before the debate that something must be done and they “need” him. Obama calls him so they could have a bipartisan statement about the situation, and opportunistic McCain ups the ante and uses it as a political ploy! Have McSame no shame? Why not send Sister Sarah, she’s a leader isn’t she? Oh I forgot she’s still in hiding. McCain and Palin are a disgrace to Presidential elections. Two idiots running for the highest offices in the land.

Do not waste your time looking for points they block, as they are like McCain more fictions than facts.

Palin, BA in Journalism that took 5 colleges and 6 years to achieve. McCain 5th from the bottom of his naval class.
Obama, JD Magnum Cum Laude, Biden JD graduated top half of his class
I’ll take the smart guys not the two underachievers.

Everyone miscalculated how angry Americans would be over this bailout too. I think McCain is making the right move.

Nation to Harry Reid: Go Away.

We can’t trust Obama with this economy. Presidents can’t vote “present”.

WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO OUR FUNDEMENTALY STRONG ECONOMY-THAT MCCAIN SAID WE HAD.

Hey MIT, I gotta say you are really one pissed off and illinformed Liberal as the greater majority of you lower level thinking intellectuals are. Bush didnt screw this economy up. It was started waayyyy back in the 1990′s when your lord of all lords was president. Also who controlled the House and the Senate for 40 out of the last 52 years years? The Dems did and they NOT the president make law. This isnt just about 2 or 3 men in Washington, it’s about all those out of touch above the law CEO’s and other execs that have cooked the books for decades. We should line them up along a wall and make examples out of them so when the new people step into thier shoes they will realise that there is a light at the end of the tunnel…it’s called muzzle flash!

So let me get this straight. The Senate Majority Leader has informed the elected Senator of Arizona he’s not welcome to represent the people of Arizona in solving the financial crisis? Worst. Congress. Ever.

McCain to Reid: Dont bother trying to write a peice of legislation, its not like your congress has ever got anything done before anyway. I mean after all you already said congress has no idea what’s going on. Well said Harry, well said!

Folks, we got the trifecta of questionable leaders – Pelosi, Reid & Bush. Last thing we want is to give them a blank check for a trillion dollars. Let someone with two big hanging gravitas – MCCAIN – step in and make the tough decision. Please allow the junior Senator from Illinois to practice his rhetoric in his 3-day isolation debate preparation camp.

Hey Laughing – one more point to add to your comment?
Did they have tv during the depression? How could any president have gone on tv to address the nation when there was not tv?

If I read one more of these stupid posts from people that claim they are Democrats but they can not vote for Obama because of some BS reason I am going to puke. Just because you are an idiot it doesn’t mean everyone is. Lazy minded fools on parade.

The biggest financial crisis since 1929 with Paulson staging the Grand Heist of the century if we are not careful and Obama wants to sit this one out! Either McCain or Obama will be our next President, this is an excellent opportunity to find out how both would react and what they would propose to do in such a crisis but Obama’s response is ‘call me if you need me’? This is the response of someone who regards them-self as an extra hand to help not someone who wants to lead. Its one thing to do the necessary to avoid a complete collapse of the financial system but unacceptable to allow those who contributed to the cause to reap any benefit. Someone needs to be there to make sure the large investment companies and wealthy individuals don’t benefit from any agreement because ‘.. it has to signed in a rush without restrictions …’. Given Obama’s huge donations from Wall Street I can’t imagine he would oversee this to our benefit so perhaps it’s as well if he stays away.

Reid doesn’t want either of them there so that doesn’t sound partisan, seems fair. but then again i’m not a registered democrat nor republican and therefore don’t see the world with blinders on.

I am so proud of John McCain. He is living his motto— “Country First.” The man is a sitting Senator, and as recently as yesterday, Harry Reid was insisting that McCain’s support was crucial to gaining approval for this bailout package. So now, when McCain is told that the proposed legislation is in trouble– one REpublican legislator speaking on CNN today said the bill was “Dead on Arrival”– he takes the remarkable step of suspending his campaign to head to Washington to help hammer out a compromise. That’s the sort of leadership he has always promised and will always deliver.

Good going Dingy Harry. Maybe you and the rest of the libs forget, but you work at our disposal, your salary is being paid by us!
Dingy Harry is a complete embarrassment as the Senate leader and is even a bigger gaff machine than Biden is. Listen Harry, it’s your buddies, it’s your close friends who caused this whole mess to begin with. Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, Chuck Schumer and the rest are up to their necks in this mess.
It’s your belief in liberalism and social engineering that’s caused the mess while McCain and Bush have been saying for years, since 2001 to be precise, that Fannie and Freddie needed to be overhauled. Why the MSM doesn’t report that aspect is beyond me, but not that surprising.
At least McCain realizes there’s work to be done on a pressing issue and is going to work for the taxpayer while Dingy Harry is probably trying to figure out how he can get his mits in the middle of things and do some more land speculation.

What McCain should do is very simple. When they do debate, hand a copy of the Constitution to Sen. Obama and simply ask him to point to the section where it says the federal government is under any obligation to bail out banks, mortgage companies, auto manufacturers, credit cards, student loans or anything else in the plan. Debate over.

Ryan C. – Poll numbers are useless without margins of error. Obama +10, Obama +24 … who cares if the margin of error is +/-8 points. It doesn’t mean a thing and most all polls have 100 or less people surveyed, so it is completely useless. Name me the last Presidential campaign where an ABC/CNN/FOX/NBC poll was able to predict correctly the winner… I’m waiting…still waiting. You can’t because they are sooooooooooo biased, it doesn’t work! Get your facts straight before you go polluting the airwaves with your whining drivel!

I heard that Obama doesn’t want this to pass – he is for a failed economy right now because it increases his election chances. This is the real reason he wants to continue to try to debate Friday and not try to fix the problem.
Obama is only interested in power – not the people.

Obama is simply Reid’s and Pelosi’s errandboy.

NOTICE TO YOU – THE READER:
The following consists of a lot of right-wing propaganda who interpret McCain’s as noble, for the sake of the country.
Well, rains ain’t falling and no one is drowning; THIS CURRENT ECONOMIC DISASTER does not warrant the suspension of a presidential campaign. If McCain or Obama return to Capital Hill, thus delaying Friday’s debate, it will be – and should be – as senators, NOT CANDIDATES. It is clear McCain is trying to distract us with some Karl Rovian move, that he is probably not ready to debate.
I thought all you RIGHTIES were against the expense of BIG GOVERNMENT? However, it looks like you are willing to do anything recommended by the republicans, just because they said so, even if it means quickly agreeing to add a $700B bill upon the American people.
YOU RIGHTYS APPEAR SHOCKED, according to the Naomi Klein doctrine.
The American people need a consistent message, and McCain ain’t it.
McCain is for McCain . . . not the American people.

For those itching for a debate, hopefully you saw the Saddleback debate. In post-debate words of the moderator “if you don’t know who you’re voting for after that, what other information do you need?” McCain did well. Obama had a little difficulty because some questions were, as he said, “above his paygrade.”

A manufactured crisis and political theater with its aim to enrich fat cats at the expense of ordinary Americans. That Bush and McCain are not willing to let the process work is proof that this is a con and they don’t put America first.

McCain is not ready, prepared or able to have a serious debate on issues. This is a strategy so if he does badly, he can’t say he was putting country first.
He must think we are a bunk of stupid idiots or worse.
It is easy to have a conversation about pigs and lipstick, but more difficult to talk about your campaign manager is in the hind pocket of the same institution that is failing or in governing our society.
They make stupid statement like he haven’t taken salary, okay, when all the dusk settles and this election is over, there is something called retained earning where distribution are made. Don’t you kinda think he will get his prorata share down the road.
Are we really that stupid?

Jake’s gotta be proud . . .
I aspire to someday write an article so full of inspiration myownself . . .

Sorry, I kinda think McCain is ready for this debate and not avoiding his best subject. Give me a break!
As to your “who’s responsible” line, it would go a lot further if Obama weren’t tainted with millions of dollars of Wall Street donations, including more than 120K from Freddie and Fannie. And I think we can agree that there is more than plenty of undue influence and even corruption on both sides of the aisle. The talk everywhere I went today was about how the Democratic Congress forced this debacle on the American people by requiring home loans for those who weren’t credit worthy, so don’t assume that people somehow believe the Democrats are the good guys in this mess. They’re ready to throw ALL the BUMS out!
A leader goes where the action is. Obama, ready to talk. McCain, ready to lead!

My Pet Proffy, if McCain wins-mark my words-you read it here first. Enough with the peeing on my leg + tellin’ me it’s raining. Ain’t happened, ain’t gonna happen. Also since Rupert Murdoch owns some 80% of the world’s press and news outlets how many sides of this fence is he playing???
Vet4Obama, while I admire your passion please read yer stuff first before posting. (my typos here have a purpose).

ROC2341 -
“scaliwags”????
I guess I need to go “grab me eye-patch, matey!”
John McCain was a leader today…BHO managed to stammer out “um,” “uh,” and “you know” about a hundred times before he was able to finally dribble out a coherent (albeit pathetic) sentence. He whines like a little girl and speaks like a street thug. Hey BHO, that 7th letter of the alphabet…you know, “g”…it goes on the end of some verbs after “i n.” The word is “thinking” not “thinkin’”

Ask yourself this: what is mr. Obama doing? Well he decided to suspend campaigning and practice assuming the role of a debater for 3 days so he can stun the nation with his eloquence in the debates … at least we can count on one candidate to go beyond glitzy “forward thinking” rethoric and provide true leadership and integrity.
Obama is fake and it just saddens me that people are too dumb to see through him. It’s not about change in this election because change is constant – its about not electing another unqualified idiot for president.

My Little Proffy Redux: ‘McCain said, “I have done this kind of thing many, many times,”‘ check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five and read the whole thing and see what it does to your sense of history. I notice you have not Rushed to McPalin’s defense.

Obama is a jerk! Debates are above his pay grade and so is his candidacy!
McCain/Palin 08! They are the candidates of authentic reform! :)

This reminds me so much of another bipartisan deal that McCain was trying to do with Senator Obama. Obama agreed to be part of the process and then backed out and made McCain look like the bad guy…even sent his rejection to the press before he sent it to McCain. This is dirty politics if I have ever seen it.

HARRY REID NEEDS TO MAKE UP HIS MIND!!
“Majority Leader Harry Reid saw it fit today to take presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain to task for failing to show up for tough votes …
I should mention how glad my fellow Democrats and I were to have our nominee for president here to vote on these important bills. Senator Obama has come to work and taken tough stands. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for Senator McCain,” Reid groused.” Washington Post July 11, 2008
And now, with the biggest issue as of date facing the congress….
“This is a critical time for our country,” says the Reid statement. “While I appreciate that both candidates have signaled their willingness to help, Congress and the administration have a process in place to reach a solution to this unprecedented financial crisis. I understand that the candidates are putting together a joint statement at Sen. Obama’s suggestion. But it would not be helpful at this time to have them come back during these negotiations and risk injecting presidential politics into this process or distract important talks about the future of our nation’s economy.”

Reid and Pelosi are just the main players in the do nothing congress! :(
They have no credibility! :(
Leadership is not in their portfolio! :(

Here is a guy who is clearly running away from debates and he becomes a hero for these Republican morons. On the other hand, we have Obama who wants to face the test watched by millions of people and he becomes a bum? No wonder their leader went after Iraq instead of Pakistan and these morons were cheering him for lat 8 years despite mountain of evidence.

What part does our open border play in this mess?
Everyone keeps saying the meltdown is due to bad loans….too much $ borrowed-to buy too much house-with creative financing-to unqualified borrowers.
This sounds like more of the same.
Are all the issues being addressed?

HEY-now I get it! This is Y2K all over again!

My question is, why is it taking Obama, who is so prepared to be President, 3 days to prepare for the debates?
McCain should go to Washington to help the dems get their bill passed and Sarah can go debate Obama. He won’t be prepared for her, so he will look like the idiot he is!

Reid, YOU and your buddy, Nancy P are the ones who should be gone ..
Fannie Mae and Freddie was under the control of Congress, led by the 2 of you. You are both FAILURES …
Can anyone imagine this country being run by the questionable OBAMA, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi … God Help Us if that happens
Americans, the economy is bad for sure … but thinking that Obama is the answer is INSANITY …
Obama cares only for one thing … OBAMA …. OBAMA FIRST is all he sees ..
tO OBAMA, this election is NOT ABOUT AMERICA, NOT ABOUT YOU AND NOT ABOUT ME … TO OBAMA WHO HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR ELECTION ALMOST AS SOON AS HE GOT TO THE U.S. SENATE, THE THOUGHT OF LOSING THE ELECTION IS UNIMAGINABLE … HE HAS INVESTED TOO MUCH TIME TRYING TO WIN THIS PRIZE. THAT IS HOW DESPERATELY THIS MAN WANTS TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE FOR PERSONAL GAIN AND PERSONAL GAIN ALONE
UNDECIDEDS, INDEPENDENTS, WHEN IN DOUBT, ERR ON THE SIDE OF THE CAUTION … VOTE MCCAIN/PALIN

Obama wanted to stay and ignore the finacial crisis ! He didn’t want to answere that 3 AM phone call!!! That’s ok NObama – McCain has already Left and is answering that 3 AM Call!!!!

I think the person who suggested that Palin do the debate with Obama had a very good ideal. They have close to the same experience, well she has more, but has only been governor a couple of years. I am sure she would have no problem with it but now Obama I think he might be in big trouble.

The current situation on Wall Street not a Republican or Democrat problem.Regardless of party affliation we will all share some of the pain. I think Congress needs to make a decision because we are on the verge of financial doom. Wall Street problems trickle down to other industries and this will only prolong the crisis.If John McCain support was warranted yesterday and there is still no deal today why not go to Washington. Thats the problem with our nation’s capital everyone steps in front of the media blasting the other group but there is no solution. What use is the congress to the average american if deadlock is all they offer. Americans wake up regardless of who becomes President on Nov 5th we will just have more of the same. Red states elected officals against blue states elected officals.

Reid, YOU and your buddy, Nancy P are the ones who should be gone ..
Fannie Mae and Freddie was under the control of Congress, led by the 2 of you. You are both FAILURES …
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now how stupid is this statement. so it took only 2 years to make this mess? What was going on during the prior 10 years when the pubs had control? obviosly not much………….. there is plenty of blame to spread and no one party shoulders it………… some of you people are……. nevermind

Reid knows McCain’s only qualification is that he lives next door to a bank. After today, I’m convinced McCain’s campaign has self destructed. It’s dead – time to stick a fork in it.

“C’mon Barack, Johns flying back here and there’s nothin’ for him to do but sit outside the committee room and wait for a floor vote. Yeah, he’ll look like an idiot and it just makes us all look worse so will ya come back here for the photo op so we can put his latest tantrum behind us and get on with it? Please?”

No Debate, No McCain!
Why stop at the debate? McCain should
just WITHDRAW from the Presidential race
if he is NOT READY!

jjones,
My birth certificate isn’t embossed either.
Do I have to leave the country now?

There are quite a few critics of Sarah Palin out there. They don’t outnumber her supporters but they are louder than those who stand by her. Her supporters are not among the Hollywood elite or the newsroom water coolers. They are not the ones at the Emmy’s accepting trophies for their mindless portrayal of some lovelorn, sex and drug addicted, mistress on a never ending daytime soap opera. They’re not the ones sitting on sofas and describing their view of things while they wave their diamond, bedazzled fingers in the air during animated conversations from the insides of a studio.
No, supporters of Sarah Palin are the people who are hard at work during the day establishing their views based upon the real lives that they live. They are the people who appreciate the changing courses in Sarah Palin’s life which brought her to the vice presidential nomination.
Her critics like to make of fun her religious values and belittle her mayoral experience. When making fun of those characteristics doesn’t get them far, they attribute fictitious actions to her in the name of her faith or in the line of her duty. Yet, admirers of Palin appreciate the changing paths that brought her leadership to them. They appreciate the fact that by drawing from her personal, religious faith, she has functioned with sincerity, bravery , confidence and conviction. And she has done so without enforcing that personal faith on others and intruding on their own beliefs.
For all those who denounce Sarah Palin and her selection for the vice presidential nomination, I suggest that they take forty minutes out of their lives and get a grip on their loose cannon critiques of her.
NJ.com
Women and working class voters support Sarah Palin.

On the second day of her tête- … -têtes with heads of state in Manhattan yesterday, Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin continued to make a big impression, drawing warm praise from officials from near and far.
“I find her an appealing person,” Bill Clinton told CNN host Larry King.
Newsday
So do the majority of voters in this country.
Women support Sarah Palin.

Could McCain be having a senior moment or is the Wizard of Oz trying to pretend he has a heart, brain and courage! If so, its not working very well. His wall of lies and deceipt are closing in on him and soon there will be no place to hide, not even in the Senate. McCain you can run, you can lie, but you cannot hide.

re:Post by: Leonard Peltier | Sep 25, 2008 5:52:22 AM
Are you sure that wasn’t a quote from Obama when his four teleprompters went down?

McCain may not be able to type on a keyboard but he can still make a fist and is a proven fighter for the “PEOPLE”. NObama cant go to D.C. because hes’ not sure where it is. Harry Reid is the biggest idiot I’ve seen. Where does he get the nerve to tell a sitting Senator not to come back to Capitol Hill for the most important issue simcehe has been in office? NObama has shown his non leadership on this one. WHAT A BONER!! This Marine has a acronym: FUBAR = Obama

McCain needs to be back in Washington corralling his party to get them on board with some sort of plan for this financial crisis. Reid is just posturing. Besides, would you go on with a work presentation while your child was having brain surgery? This financial deal is like brain surgery for the country or as someone put it, “a financial Pearl Harbor.” Both candidates should give their undivided attention to this situation because it may be their most important contribution to the country in their lifetimes.

Reid is one of largest contributors for this mess! He needs to shut his mouth. He really should be in prison!

Basically, America has lost its farming base and its manufacturing base. Driving our economic growth for the last eight years has been the FINANCE BUBBLE, credit and mortgages, coupled with exotic derivatives and other risky financial instruments. We need a leader who can inspire America with a vision that results in Americans actually MANUFACTURING something of value for the world other than EXOTIC FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS. OBAMA stands alone as the candidate taking us in that direction.
The solution to the bailout problem is simple. GIVE THE MONEY TO THE HOMEOWNERS rather than the fatcats! BAILOUT THE HOMEOWNERS, NOW!!!!

The bottom line is this: it’s fine if McCain wants to go to Washington to cast his vote on the bailout package, he should, and so should Obama. If the two candidates can lend a hand getting the bailout resolved, that’s good too.
But neither candidate will play a leadership role in the bailout; there’s a vast team working on it and ther bailout package is nearly complete.
McCain doesn’t need to “suspend his campaign” to go cast his vote. That part is pure grandstand, a “look at me the great leader” political ploy.
If McCain hadn’t made foolish and rash grandstand plays before this one, we might have bought it as a selfless act. But after his blustery, self-serving reaction to the Georgia/Russia conflict, and his reckless, self-serving choice of Palin, we see this “suspend the campaign” move as a political ploy.
McCain is politicizing the economy crisis for his own gain. Pretty obvious, and we aren’t fooled.

Reid, Reid??????? Oh yeah that old windbag who just the other day went to the microphone & said no democrat would vote for the bailout without John McCain voting for it!!! CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE GEEZER!!! Be careful what you wish for!!! CHECKMATE!!! LMAO

Just one more example of McCain”s rash way of handling things. Did he bother to check with the University of Mississippi to see if they would be able to reschedule the debate? No, he didn”t. And no, they can”t. They”ve spent $5.5 million dollars to be ready for that debate. You can imagine the logistics and security details that go into that kind of event, as well. And McCain just blows it off without even talking to them first. We vote in six weeks. This is no time to be messing around with the debate schedules. Now he wants to reschedule the VP debate, too! Is that what this is REALLY all about? A convoluted way to stop the Palin vs Biden debate? McCain does NOT have the temperament to be President, nor can he be trusted anymore

The goal can be accomplished in either of 2 ways: (1) The government can loan the money directly to the homeowners, as you outlined above; or, (2) The government can take controlling ownership in the financial companies, limit their compensation, and directly control the private sectors lending practices. Frankly, I think the better outcome is choice (1), that is, directly to the homenowners. Yet, it seems like the senate is heading toward the ownership route. The solution to the bailout problem is simple. GIVE THE MONEY TO THE HOMEOWNERS rather than the fatcats! BAILOUT THE HOMEOWNERS, NOW!!!!

Federal Bailouts (so far):
$8,900,000,000 IndyMac
$30,000,000,000 Bear Stearns
$85,000,000,000 AIG
$200,000,000,000 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
on top of $9,000,000,000,000 debt and Bush is seeking $700,000,000,000 more to bail out the fatcats! wow

The most significant change that Obama/Biden will bring to the White House is leadership that actually leads, by changing our government’s strategies and culture so that they have a better fit to the global economy. Obama has an excellent ability to shape a strategic vision of a realistic and attractive future that binds us together as Americans and focuses our energy toward super ordinate goals as a nation. Obama stands alone as the candidate who can frame messages around a grand purpose with emotional appeal that captivates the best in us. Transformational leaders not only talk about a vision; they enact it. They walk the talk by stepping outside the executive suite and doing things that symbolize the vision, the way that Obama performed during the primaries and the way he has run a STELLAR overall campaign. Obama stands alone as the candidate best equipped to demonstrate a Can Do attitude with an image of honesty, trust, and integrity. OBAMA IS THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! OBAMA 08; Yes We Can

I don’t get it…everyone talks about Obama’s ability to lead yet he has never been a manager of anything but a campaign. I look at my own job…If someone brought in a MBA student to be my boss because he/she has potential to be a great leader I would say “potential”? Leadership is not something that a person learns in a text book…it comes through trial and error that Obama has never gone through. It even shows in his statement about helping with the economic crisis “I will go to DC only if I can be helpful.” What kind of garbage is that…his is a US Senator and he doesn’t think that he can be helpful. That is where Obama’s talk does not walk.
I can’t believe people fall for him…it is honestly like watching Carter all over again.

McCain asked Obama for debates for several months now and Obama said NO! Why would McCain be afraid to debate him now? Doesn’t make sense! The left wing media are a bunch of idiots and it is no surprise that the ratings for NBC, ABC and CBS are in the dumps! As for NBC owned by General Electric is going down the drain as we speak…which speaks volumes to the people who want REAL UNBIASED information to base their vote on! It is unfortunate that truth is not what the main street media is about anymore and that is one of the reasons why there is so much racism and hatred going on in this country today! The message these idiots also pass on is no respect for our leaders, our neighbors, or country! So, it seems that truth, respect and honor have all been thrown down the drain during this election cycle! What a waste for a country that only a few short years ago,
had respect for each other, proud to be American, and truth was important! No matter who becomes POTUS, this country will never be the same…that is what the politicians and the media have done to this country..I hope they are proud of ruining the best country in this universe! Congratulation…to the losers!!

Look at the timeline McCain is desparate so he’s waggin the dog He’s OLD and never could multitask ON with the debates.Can you just emagine what a McCain run war would be like geez what a mess.

“The most significant change that Obama/Biden will bring to the White House is leadership that actually leads”
What has brought you to this conclusion? So far from where I sit, Obama has only sat back and been reactive to everything. In ’05 McCain points out in a sponsored bill that this would happen without intervention. Obama chimed in in early ’08 after the fact that it might happen.
Crisis happens, McCain suggests and oversight committee that it would be hard for anyone to argue with and the same stipulations that the democrats are fighting against the republicans for, Obama chimes in after there is enough of a concensus to those talking points that he agrees. He’s not leading, he’s following, yet because many Americans are clueless he still elads in the polls.
McCain made this decision knowing the media would favors Obama and would spin it negatively. There is no possible gain for him to do this other than to kick his own party in the rear to agree to the conditions set forth that he’s stated needed to happen all along.

What does it mean when the Senate Majority Leader does not want a sitting Senator to come to Washington to debate such an important piece of legislation? What kind of leader is that? A pretty darn partisan one. How Reid ever rose to the position of “power” he now holds is a mystery.

In 2006, to avoid the melt down we’re experiencing today, the Republicans and Alan Greenspan wanted legislation for regulation and oversight regarding fannie Mae and Freddie Mac … but, the Democrats blocked it. The same Democrats, Pelosi and Reid, with the 15% favorability rating. Now, with the biggest bail out in history, Reid criticizes McCain for wanting to participate in the solution. And, if Obama gets elected, we could also face four years of a tax and spend White House and Congress … who will be responsible for oversight. It’s called having the foxes guarding the hen house … again.

Sen Reid does not want Sen Mccain back in town so he can sneak in Sec 1602.
Sec 1602 continues ban on oil shale. The language follows:
SEC. 1602. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 152 of division A of H.R. 2638 (110th Congress), the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009, the terms and conditions contained in section 433 of division F of Public Law 110–161 shall remain in effect for the 19 fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.
Now who is on the side of the American people? It’s pretty easy to see; Obviously not Reid.

I would like one of the Obama supporters to explain to me how we taxpayers and our nation will manage to pay for the 700 billion dollar (as I work in the investment industry, my prediction is that it will be over a trillion dollars) debacle and any more associated with it, along with all the expensive goals including eradicating world povery that Obama proposes? D How exactly will that be done? I am a lower middle class person according to my pay (which, as a female is 70% of what my male colleagues get) supporting college age children and an elderly parent. My taxes will double under Obama (read his plan very, very carefully – it is misleading to think that only those earning 250K an up will be hit. Those earning from 55-60K and up will also). I am already struggling, his plan makes it much worse. Compounded with the bail-out his plans will tax us to death. He has taken too much from the corporations and is now beholden to them, so I do not believe for a minute that he will call upon them to pay up. We will bear double the burden with him at the helm.

Believe in Obama – Believe in what??? He doesn’t have any leadership experience, has never ran a business, did not vote on anything to be judged by, does not salute the flag, and you want this guy to be president???Everytime I apply for a job they always look at my experience. They don’t look so much at my Masters Degree…so what is the difference now??? Regardless of the party – I want someone who has experience, someone who has military experience..If that person were a Democrat I would vote for him but that is not the case. People are going to vote for Obama expecting some kind of check or they are so mad at Bush they will vote for anyone of the opposing party. No wonder this country is so screwed up..

First the Democrats blindly follow Obama … now, they are willing to blindly follow Reid, Bush and Paulson … in a decision which could dramatically affect every American for decades. Well, thank God, Senator John McCain doesn’t just want to take a few people’s word for it. I didn’t think I could dislike inept Harry Reid, with his 15% approval rating, any more than I already did, but this isn’t about Reid being left alone to decide America’s future. It’s about the best and the brightest collectively solving this dire problem.

If the Democratic congress, Pelosi, and Reid spent as much time legislating, as they do playing partisan politics and making nasty accusations, our country would be in good shape.They both say that from now on, after we get the 750 Billion, we’ll make sure their is oversight! … then, they attach a multi-billion dollar pork bill for Acorn, to the bailout bill. Pelosi and Reid should be reminded that only 15% of the country give them a favorable rating. Conditions would rapidly improve in America, if Pelosi and Reid would step down, so we could replace them with legislators who represent most of the people … not just 15%.

Hary Reid and Pelosi are like these strange alien beings that invaded washington. I really can’t relate to them as human beings.
Pelosi should wear a T-shirt daily saying “i hate all republicans!” and Harry Reid should wear a T-shirt daily saying “i’m a dork and i can’t believe i got this job…”

AGREED…
These liberals who ram through the worlds largest spending Bills with no time allowed to read it will be tomorrows top criminals when the revolution starts…or finishes.