Mistake of the Day
McCain suspends his campaign and wants to delay the debates to take on the bailout plan. All this while Obama is doing better in the polls. So no ads will run for the next several says, no fund raising and we’re only 41 days to the election. I think this is a big mistake.
I realize he wants to look like a bipartisan leader, but this reminds me of when Bob Dole quit being a senator to campaign against Clinton. That didn’t work out well.
Of course, it may impress people. It remains to be seen if it will work to his favor. So far it’s given his critics more ammo to attack him.
I also think he should run, not walk, to the debates. He has the chance to really outshine Obama. The Debates have turned the tide of many an election.
Obama, on the other hand, tried to save face this morning claiming he called McCain first with the idea of bipartisan action. But McCain is the one with a history of doing that, not Obama. I find his claim questionable.
For whatever reason, the polls show people think Obama is better suited to handling the economy. But he has offered no ideas or leadership to date, and has basically punted the whole thing until after the election.
Which may be why McCain is trying to look like a man of action now. But since most people are opposed to the bail out, if he champions it too much, it lead to a backlash.
James,, I said the same thing to myself when he announced his plans to suspend. My first concern was that it will look like political grandstanding.What really bothers me is that McCain should be seizing on this to show how it was the Democrats and their policies that got us in this mess in the first place.
Posted by on 09/25 at 05:32 AMI think McCain wants to win over some Democrats, so he avoids bashing them. He has a chance to steal some Dems from Obama that were pro-Hillary,
This stunt may work in his favor though. We’ll have to see. Obama is just doing nothing, and he comes off looking bad in comparison.
Posted by on 09/25 at 08:43 AM
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