The Real Reason for McCain's Refusal to Debate!
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Nico Pitney
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McCain Camp Wants To Postpone VP Debate
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September 24, 2008 06:59 PM
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John McCain's campaign now wants to suspend the VP debate?

CNN's Dana Bash reports that McCain officials are "trying to negotiate with the Obama campaign and the presidential debate commission. What they are saying, and what he is saying is that they are proposing to instead of having next Thursday the vice presidential debate in St. Louis, to make that the presidential debate and then to delay the VP debate to another time. That is what they are proposing, they understand very well that both the Obama campaign and the debate commission have no intention of delaying Friday's debate, but both he and a senior advisor that if there is no bailout deal by Friday, McCain has no plan to go to debate."

Reader Comments
  
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By Rob-33704 Sep 24th 2008 at 7:31 pm EDT (Updated Sep 24th 2008 at 7:31 pm EDT)
The real reason doesn't matter.

It's perception that is important.
Re: V
By Donia19 Sep 24th 2008 at 7:33 pm EDT (Updated Sep 24th 2008 at 7:33 pm EDT)
You're right about perception; however, some people could care less, and will still vote for the jerk and jerkess!
Re: V
By Rob-33704 Sep 24th 2008 at 7:53 pm EDT (Updated Sep 24th 2008 at 7:53 pm EDT)
Very true.
Turning tail
By JMesserly Sep 24th 2008 at 8:14 pm EDT (Updated Sep 24th 2008 at 8:14 pm EDT)
In a week with orchestrated moves to highlight foreign policy (eg palin at the UN), the McCain campaign is stunned on how the entire country is focused not on a personalities narrative that plays to their strengths, but instead a very cerebral issue, and the very issue that they are weakest at.

Ironically, as George Will noted yesterday, McCain is the one that looks like the Rookie.

A rookie that gives every appearance of calling for a time out out of desperation and fear.


Not exactly a presidential performance.
  
Call it by its real name
By Democrat in Mobile,Al Sep 24th 2008 at 8:11 pm EDT (Updated Sep 24th 2008 at 8:11 pm EDT)
Buying time. Buying time so that Palin can do more studying. By time so that they(republicans) can spin the bad economic news on the democrats.
  
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By Piritlel Sep 24th 2008 at 8:19 pm EDT (Updated Sep 24th 2008 at 8:19 pm EDT)
This is no longer current info.

The debate is set in stone.

Obama will be there. Obama doesn't bail out, but McCain only wanted to in order to appear controlling, instead of bi-partisan. It back fired.

McCain is SO Done. He said he loves to BBQ, well he just BBQ'd himself. Poke the meat, he's DONE, burned to a crisp. Get your forks ready! This is going to be gooooooood eats.

Oops my bad.
  
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By Rob-33704 Sep 24th 2008 at 8:21 pm EDT (Updated Sep 24th 2008 at 8:21 pm EDT)
Unfortunately - the dems are supporting this BS.

If it fails it will be the republican ultra right that defeats it and the people with the rifles in their trucks will have some new heroes.

If McCain votes no and Barack votes yes watch the polls.
Re: V
By Piritlel Sep 24th 2008 at 8:27 pm EDT (Updated Sep 24th 2008 at 8:27 pm EDT)
Barack has a better plan already. I trust BO's reasoning more than McCain's. He's only pandering to voters, why he said he'd walk off the campaign trail because he heard it yesterday, like I did on CNN>

I KNEW if he heard it, he'd jump all over it, he was baited, he fell for it hook, line, and stinker.
  
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By Rob-33704 Sep 24th 2008 at 8:44 pm EDT (Updated Sep 24th 2008 at 8:44 pm EDT)
I think the problem is that you aren't thinking enough like those people who have rifles and shot guns hanging in the back of their trucks.

They spend a lot more money on beer and cigarettes than they do at Starbucks - or for gasoline for that matter.

But they will decide this election.
  
Hope mcBush is a no show
By Matt Nisenoff Sep 24th 2008 at 9:15 pm EDT (Updated Sep 24th 2008 at 9:15 pm EDT)
It would be great if McBush is a no show. He has shown over the past week his poor judgment and anything that will allow us to point to it is a big opportunity.
Rob makes a good point, what we need is to see the Democratic elected officials to stand up to this. The Brad Sherman's of the Congress can really kick it up a notch and show that we are a party that is looking out for Americans and sound economic policy.