Incomplete
By Ron Beasley
Seeing that his latest hail Mary pass was incomplete John McCain has agreed to participate in tonight’s debate.
Senator John McCain’s campaign said Friday morning that he will attend tonight’s debate with Senator Barack Obama at the University of Mississippi, reversing his earlier call to postpone the debate so he could participate in the Congressional levitra negotiations over the $700 billion bailout plan for financial firms.
Mr. McCain had thrown debate preparation into turmoil on Wednesday afternoon after he announced that he intended to skip the debate in order to be in Washington for the negotiations. His campaign issued a statement Friday morning saying he was now “optimistic” that a bipartisan bailout agreement would be reached soon, citing “significant progress” in the talks.
So What happened? I think this editorial in the Roanoke Times nails it.
More than John McCain’s poll numbers are slipping. So is his grip on leadership qualities Americans expect in their next president.
McCain must have thought he’d look maverickishly presidential when he announced he would suspend his campaign in order to rescue the economy. This, from the same man who last week was so detached from Wall Street’s meltdown that he claimed “the fundamentals of the economy are sound.” His actions this week confirm he remains out of touch.
McCain claims finally to get it. He said Wednesday he would cancel his ads and appearances, wriggle out of tonight’s presidential debate, put his personal ambitions behind duty to country and rush to Washington, D.C. to … what? … save the economy?
On the way, though, he dropped by CBS to do damage control after his running mate bombed an interview with Katie Couric on his economic record, of all things, and to meet with a deep-pocket campaign supporter.
So does this mean the VP debate will go on? Not a chance! Don’t be too surprised is Sarah Palin takes the advice of Kathleen Parker and decides she really needs to spend more time with her family. Short of that the campaign will come up with some lame excuse to justify canceling the debate. They simply can’t let it happen.
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