From Gateway Pundit: John McCain jumped in both the Zogby and Gallup polls since announcing that he would put the country first and go back to Washington to work on the financial crisis.
Well of course he did, because all the Democrats and President Bush working to create another huge government entity, without limits to it's growth, is going to backfire. Obama by the way is stuck, if he goes with the plan against House Republicans and John McCain, he's stuck siding with the President. No more "third term" bologna.
If he stalls, and hides in Mississippi for a now ill-fated and inappropriate debate, he'll come off as less than a leader, and for sure there's no "change" in politics first!
In the short run, the economy is losing, very little banking is being conducted. This is no longer just housing, this is corporate loans, small business loans, auto loans ... the life-blood of consumer and corporate growth and purchasing. No worries about inflation right now, who can buy? Watch for oil to drop to $80 bucks. Watch for an emergency interest rate cut in October, with Democrats screaming "foul" because this paints them even tighter into a box.
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Are you kidding? Seriously, this is a joke, right???
McCain is the one who's stuck -- he either breaks ranks with the party base or he ties himself to the unpopular president of HIS party. Obama sides with all the other Democrats, the president, and moderate Republicans and appears bipartisan. Then he shows up to a debate that polls show a resounding 74% of Americans feel needs to happen because they want to know the plans these candidates have for the next four years! You're really living in La-La Land if you think Obama's the one that's stuck...
Obama's up in states like IN, NC, VA, and CO -- states that shouldn't be swing states but are. He's up in all the traditional swing states as well. People trust him on the economy. Period.
By the way, it looks like McCain is planning to be at the debate tonight. Judging by the WSJ ads (screen shot here) his campaign mistakenly released a day early which talk about how he "won the debate". This just ad to the impression that this was all a show on McCain's part.
Golly, you must really mad at McCain now that he is attending the "inappropriate debate".
All McCain has been successful at doing is look like a confused old man, out of his depths, being pushed along by his handlers who are giving terrible advice.
Those who were in the meeting yesterday admitted that he said nothing for most of it and provided a bumbling argument about the whole plan that added nothing to the discourse. He is not leading on this because he's not on the relevant committees. He's just getting in the way.
This is the beginning of the end. Thank God.
It's good to see the discourse continuing.
Jonathon, you know I disagree, but I do love the interaction.
I'm hearing just the opposite, that John McCain was measured and looking for a solution to make all parties safe from political fallout ... And that Obama lost his cool and began to rant and Prez W had to calm him down.
I do understand though, Obama is new to all this and it's so different from his Chicago roots
Can you share a reliable source for that, briefs?
Steve - “Obama lost his cool and began to rant” Cite your sources, please.
I am all for a carefully crafted plan, (not that the banks aren’t completely manipulating the situation at this point). You however, are in the minority if you think McCain looks like anything but a bumbling old fool. His "show" this week was a very bad move. Wait for the next round of polls if you need more proof.
BTW, what are you hearing? Why did he change his mind about going to the debate? He seemed sooooo committed to sticking it out till we had a plan.
He is going to have a very difficult time tonight.
I don't have any insider information about why he decided to head to debate. I do know that Harry Reid said he would not allow any votes today in the Senate, so basically any voting and negotiations will have to wait until tomorrow.
As for the rumors that Obama lost his cool in the meeting, the same one that reports suggest had a very quiet John McCain, I am looking for sources too. Just whispers right now.
Hey Andrew, I missed all the comments so my response to your early comment:
I believe that Obama is stuck, if he sides with President Bush, he can't shoot at the "third term" anymore. If he sides with House Republicans for a less socialized solution, he'll tick off the liberals who really want to take control of the markets.
He will punch hard tonite and suggest that Bush is to blame for the market, and that McCain was right there for the whole 8 years supporting him. of course, he'll forget to mention that McCain has continually called for reform and that Democrats wouldn't allow it.
Re "Third Term": Sure Obama could continue with that. McCain's siding with Bush around 90% of the time on a variety of issues, to which the two of them mostly have a conservative approach. The original bailout plan is a moderate plan that was geared towards winning bipartisan support because it is so important to get fixed quickly. At first, Bush's advisors, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, and Republican Congressional leaders decided not to politicize the issue because of the importance of a timely solution. Now the Republican leaders *are* politicizing the issue, thinking we're too stupid to see the game they're playing.
Re Democrats not allowing reform: Interesting that you say that when Republicans had strong majorities in the House and Senate for most of those eight years of the Bush presidency and McCain didn't get any reforms passed. Please let me know what reforms McCain called for from 2000-2006 (the times when Republicans were almost entirely in charge) -- when he actually had a chance at success.
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