[Xiciljed]

We should really use multiple polls - others coming today:

Hotline/FD Tracking: Obama +6
Rasmussen Tracking: Obama +2
Gallup Tracking: Obama +3
Fox News: Obama +6

[gkihueonhjh]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
Which is exactly why McCain now wants the Friday debate postponed. Um.. if anything, McCain shines in debates. The debates are how he pulled himself up from when he hit bottom in the Republican Primary.

[UncoonsKala]

I'm saying he wants to postpone the debate because he's taking a shellacking in the polls and wants to be seen as the one concerned about the economy.

[endulundaSauh]

He also wants to look like he's taking action, like he's the president already, but he's not the president. McCain wants to keep a low profile right now because people look at him and see a banker.

Obama is going to **** this away I think though. He probably will agree to postpone the debate.

[ZonaPutaX]

Also, something is wrong with McSame's appearance. He can't open one eye all the way. He wouldn't look very good in the debate like that.

[Xqjfxmfk]

Originally posted by Zkribbler


Back to Washington??? Right now the relief bill is in front of the Banking Committee; here's a LIST of the members on that Committee; and McCain is not there.

So, he going to sit around waiting for a final bill to be produced? He's going to valiantly pretend like he's playing a role in fixing the economy. We all know he's going to sit in a room asking what's going on, and "are we there yet?"

[pertikuss]

Nope. I don't do US votes.

[Hofonom]

Why not just switch the debate from 'Foreign Policy' to 'The Economy'?

[Siuchingach]

Originally posted by Supr49er
Why not just switch the debate from 'Foreign Policy' to 'The Economy'? Good idea.

[SteantyjetMaw]

They're too busy flying to Washington to fix the economy also.

[Baromaro]

It's called senility.

[Poll Pitt]

It just doesn't make sense, politically. Didn't McCain learn anything from the Palin stunt? Voters are gullible, but eventually they realize what's really going on.

[Candykiss]

Originally posted by The Emperor Fabulous
It just doesn't make sense, politically. Didn't McCain learn anything from the Palin stunt? Voters are gullible, but eventually they realize what's really going on. They've done everything possible to tick off the press.

I haven't seen such savaging of the press since Nixon's "you won't have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore" speech.

Palin gave one press interview, then had a brief lovefest with Hannity and went into hiding.

McCain went for over a month without talking to the press. Finally, he just did so, and answered sever (7) questions.

[xtc2d6u8]

answered sever (7) questions.

Did you put the number there on purpose because you knew you'd misspell the word?

[kertionderf]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
answered sever (7) questions.

Did you put the number there on purpose because you knew you'd misspell the word? Bah. Anyone can copy words out of a dictionary. But some of us are creative souls who must remain unbound by society's mundane conventions.

[drugstore]

Yet Another McCain Gambit Thought
It occurs to me that McCain's gambit is likely to delay the bailout negotiations, not speed them up. Why? Because now, if the administration and Congressional Republicans can't make a deal without undercutting McCain's claim that the negotiations are failing and a campaign suspension is needed to rescure them. All the reporting I've seen suggests a deal was in the works. Now it's going to be in limbo, unless Republicans are willing to kneecap their own candidate.

--Jonathan Chait

[Cofeeman]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Regardless of what side of the aisle you are on, one must say that McCain being the Republican nominee definitely makes the race far more interesting than any other Republican running for President. Not necessarily because McCain is running closer than any other Republican who was running, but could you imagine Romney or Huckabee doing this? Any Republican candidate other than McCain would have been flattened.

[Mboxmaja]

I honestly was really looking forward to Friday's debate. So I'm not particularly glad that he went with a cheap stunt over the debate ('course, if he caves, that doesn't really matter)...

[syncFisee]

It isn't like the debate wasn't going to happen. McCain considers his foreign policy knowledge a strength over Obama (whether you agree doesn't matter, this is what the campaign believes is his strength). So it will happen. One thing I've read is that Friday night, 2 months before the election, keeps this a bit out of the public eye, so it may have been an attempt to move it to a weeknight when people won't be out and perhaps closer to the election.

[Kayakeenemeds]

As TEF posted:

SurveyUSA. 9/24. Adults. MoE 3.2% (No trend lines)

The first debate between John McCain and Barack Obama is scheduled to take place in two days. Should the debate be held as scheduled? Should the debate be held, but the format changed to focus on the economy? Or, should the debate be postponed?

Hold as scheduled 50
Hold with focus on economy 36
Postpone 10