Friday night Campaign Postponed?
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| Wed, 09-24-2008 - 4:03pm |
(Does anyone know how Obama has responded? I'm just curious)
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/24/john-mccain-on-the-economic-crisis/
JOHN MCCAIN: America this week faces an historic crisis in our financial system. We must pass legislation to address this crisis. If we do not, credit will dry up, with devastating consequences for our economy. People will no longer be able to buy homes and their life savings will be at stake. Businesses will not have enough money to pay their employees. If we do not act, ever corner of our country will be impacted. We cannot allow this to happen.
Last Friday, I laid out my proposal and I have since discussed my priorities and concerns with the bill the Administration has put forward. Senator Obama has expressed his priorities and concerns. This morning, I met with a group of economic advisers to talk about the proposal on the table and the steps that we should take going forward. I have also spoken with members of Congress to hear their perspective.
It has become clear that no consensus has developed to support the Administrations proposal. I do not believe that the plan on the table will pass as it currently stands, and we are running out of time.
Tomorrow morning, I will suspend my campaign and return to Washington after speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative. I have spoken to Senator Obama and informed him of my decision and have asked him to join me.
I am calling on the President to convene a meeting with the leadership from both houses of Congress, including Senator Obama and myself. It is time for both parties to come together to solve this problem.
We must meet as Americans, not as Democrats or Republicans, and we must meet until this crisis is resolved. I am directing my campaign to work with the Obama campaign and the commission on presidential debates to delay Friday nights debate until we have taken action to address this crisis.
I am confident that before the markets open on Monday we can achieve consensus on legislation that will stabilize our financial markets, protect taxpayers and homeowners, and earn the confidence of the American people. All we must do to achieve this is temporarily set politics aside, and I am committed to doing so.
Following September 11th, our national leaders came together at a time of crisis. We must show that kind of patriotism now. Americans across our country lament the fact that partisan divisions in Washington have prevented us from addressing our national challenges. Now is our chance to come together to prove that Washington is once again capable of leading this country

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neither McCain nor Obama are on the committees involved in the bailout negotiations. They just need to vote when the final proposal is up for vote.
i think mccain asked to postpone the debates for a few different reasons. obama called mccain this morning to ask him if they could make a statement togehter letting everyone that the parties are willing to work together but they would insist on meeting those "four principles." and mccain agreed that they should, but i feel like that put pressure on him to "one-up" obama's suggestion. also, from what i read there is a lot of pressure on mccain in regards to this bailout proposal. pretty much if he agrees to it, his party will follow his lead. then of course i dont think having a bit more time to prep for the debates bothered him either.
as for obama, i am happy with his choice. i'm with shannon, wondering how important it is for him to actually be with congress in this formation period. he made it very clear that he will not support anything that does not meet the "four principles." so unless congress begs him to meet with them, then i'd like the debate to continue as scheduled.
The plot thickens:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080924/ap_on_el_pr/mccain
Michelle
Mich
NOT true. McCain wanted Obama to participate in "town hall" meetings and Obama proposed that they should meet, but vary the format. McCain REFUSED to do this so you could argue that Obama's been wanting to debate but McCain has refused. Obama did not want to meet on McCain's terms and McCain did not want to meet on Obama's. Quite frankly, they were both probably being pigheaded about it. Btw - my use of "pigheaded" was not a swipe at Palin as I am sure it will be construed. Anyway - this is just ANOTHER example of people being swayed by a half truth. Sure, Obama did not want to agree to McCain's terms, but McCain is not the innocent "let's discuss the issues" candidate you are making him out to be. You can't really blame Obama for saying "no" to McCain's suggestion when McCain also refused to compromise with Obama.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/5837182.html
Anyway - you're welcome for setting the facts straight for you. :-)
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McCain has often indicated that the reason that the campaign got so negative is because Obama refused to the town hall debates.
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IMO it makes him sound like a bully! Kind of like the mob. "Well, if you had laundered that money like we asked you to, we wouldn't have to break your arms." Presidential material!
I know I shouldn't laugh, but that comment was funny to me.
Elissa
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thanks for that link. i think it was interesting that palin stopped campaigning as well. i feel like this would be an opportune time for her to take the reigns... assuming she is ready for that.
i wonder if it would be feasible for the VP debate to be this friday so mccain and obama could tend to congress
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