Why is John McCain trying to postpone the debate?

lanternoflight, what could McCain possibly do to help the situation that would require him to suspend his campaign and postpone the debate? I think it is more impartant than ever to make sure we hear from both of them on how they are going to handle this. A debate at this time is not only appropriate, but necessary for the american people to make their choice.

“Bush did in 2004 when he got caught with the transmitter on his back.”

didnt stop him from winning then :(

I believe that this is a “grandstand” move by McCain. He is trying to send the message that he cares more about this country than the election. And if that gives him an easy way out of the debate, he is fine with that. This debate has been planned for a long time, and though the economy is in horrible condition, it didn’t happen overnight.

If they’re NOT debating…

…my money says they’re figuring out how to rob me, you, and everybody else on this site & hand the money over to the crooks who got us into this mess.

To me, that’s plain BS.

ethmer, no one said he can’t run back to DC if he needs to. But why must he suspend his entire campaign, and why can’t he have the debate tomorrow? Especially now that the deal seems to be made for the bail-out.

“didnt stop him from winning then”

Well, he really didn’t win then. The official tally showed him winning, but it was clear the official count was wrong.

I doubt that he is afraid of debating Obama. I think he is showing to us that he really is going to put Country First. If you havent noticed the economy has become even worse since the huricanes in Texas and the southern half of the US. I live in Georgia and we are running out of gas. In my town alone there are maybe 3 gas stations with gas, and they are coming close to their end as well. Perhaps we should stop reading into his asking to postpone the debate as a bad thing. It’s possible that he really is trying to help in our country’s time of need.

Jimahl,

It is VERY presidential to rush back to Washington when the country or apart of it is facing crisis. Check your history. Presidents do it all the time. That doesn’t mean that they are single minded but that they know how to prioritize.

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do some of you really think that john mccain rushing to washington will really make a difference to the effectiveness of any economic recovery plan? remember, right now he is just a senator, hes not the president yet. country first my foot

but one thing I agree with mccain: stop the ads. its getting disgusting

“You really think McCain is afraid to debate Obama on foreign policy?”

no, not at all. but it wouldnt hurt him to have more time to prep for it, right?

Well, the truth is…he does want to suspend the debate…but he also says, he’s suspending his campaign, his ads, and speeches, to go back to Congress and be a Senetor to help figure out what to do in this financial crisis. The goal is to try and figure something out BEFORE Wallstreet opens on Monday…a predictable black Monday, if they don’t do something.

Obama says he agrees with McCain with many of his proposals…however, he doesn’t like the “timeline”…Like hey…that’s like saying I don’t like the train schedule, so I’ll stand here on the tracks, and make them pick me up when I want to be picked up”. The train is Wallstreet…and they have their own “schedule”.

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I hate to tell you guys…but this financial crisis is dire…it goes far beyond a Presidential Election, and most certainly beyond a debate…

We’re looking at the crash of 1929 all over again, except these days we have a “World Economy”…one big block falls, and the house of cards is gone…It ain’t just us…think domino effect…

I won’t go so far as to say his motives are so altruistic as he might, but I don’t think being a chicken sh*t, is his reason.

phrannie

He’s simply doing what he has professed all along – Putting Country First!

The debate Friday was to be on Foreign Policy. You really think McCain is afraid to debate Obama on foreign policy?

    I hope you do not take offense,
    To that that's gone before;
    'Tis only that it's my two-cents,
    And not one penny more. §;o)

Pfffbbbttthhh…afraid of debating Obama? You’ve got to be kidding.

“We’re looking at the crash of 1929 all over again, except these days we have a “World Economy”…one big block falls, and the house of cards is gone…It ain’t just us…think domino effect…”

Well, it wasn’t just us in the 1930’s, either. In fact, the collapse of world trade then is largely what made the problem worse and caused economies to spiral into depression. The 1929 crash would have been another recession if not for the reaction of consumers and governments to major bank failures. It remains to be seen whether the credit system in the US will completely collapse and cause consumption to plummet, and whether the world’s governments will get involved in a tariff war.