Comments on: Obama to Appear on TV from Mississippi McCain or No

By: DLS

DLS — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:28:58 +0000

Actually, not only does Pew find most people supporting the bailout,

http://people-press.org/report/452/public-favor...

but Pew also finds people objecting to McCain's debate postponement.

http://people-press.org/report/454/mccain-image...

By: DLS

DLS — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:24:16 +0000

McCain owes the Obama people nothing. McCain was smart to exploit the bailout and Obama (and a number of childish people) will just have to deal with it. McCain may or may not appear at the debate tonight. Something else, as McCain recognizes and has exploited, takes priority. Obama is an idiot and worse if he shows up alone and then insults or mocks McCain. (So is anyone such as on this site who does this.) Obama should replace the VP debate with another presidential debate — he has nothing to fear if he thinks he's better than McCain in addition to being able better to appeal to emotion, the key to Dem voters and Dem votes. Best of all, it keeps Palin from getting exposure while continuing the media's hiding of Biden in order to prevent a gaffe at one of the worst possible moments (a debate).

By: moominpapa

moominpapa — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:33:38 +0000

The more I hear about this, the angrier I get. For the “Straight Talk Express” to basically go to radio silence for the last several weeks (he had a brief talk with the press yesterday), and then for the McCain campaign to try this blatantly political move to duck out of the debates, just infuriates me.

It's a straight-up coward's move, and it shows that McCain is unprepared, not just for the debates, but for the presidency.

and @ jwest – http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/...

It's all about who you read, my good man.

By: jwest

jwest — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:27:09 +0000

Chris,

I knew that comment would get you.

By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:22:21 +0000

Would it be wrong for me to point and laugh at jwest?

By: jchem

jchem — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:11:22 +0000

I anticipate that McCain will be there. I'm just wondering if this was some strange way to lower expectations for the debate. If it doesn't go McCain's way tomorrow night he can say he was “too busy bailing out the country to prep” or something to that effect. But I'm having a hard time with that since this is supposed to be a debate about foreign policy, which McCain claims as a strength. I don't get it yet, but I'm sure McCain's numbers would fall quickly jwest if he doesn't show up to that debate.

By: jwest

jwest — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 20:55:22 +0000

As fast as Barack is sinking in the polls, he really needs to do well at this debate.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/110668/Gallup-Daily-...