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Will Obama JOIN McCain??????

MsSage

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Obama’s campaign issued a statement suggesting that the idea to work together was theirs.

“At 8:30 this morning, Senator Obama called Senator McCain to ask him if he would join in issuing a joint statement outlining their shared principles and conditions for the Treasury proposal and urging Congress and the White House to act in a bipartisan manner to pass such a proposal. At 2:30 this afternoon, Senator McCain returned Senator Obama’s call and agreed to join him in issuing such a statement. The two campaigns are currently working together on the details,” spokesman Bill Burton said.

John McCain announced that he will suspend his presidential campaign on Thursday to return to Washington to help with bailout negotiations. He urged his opponent Barack Obama to do the same.
The Arizona senator also asked the Presidential Debate Commission to postpone Friday’s scheduled debate with Obama so that he can work on the financial crisis bailout plan now on Capitol Hill.

“America this week faces an historic crisis in our financial system. We must pass legislation to address this crisis. If we do not, credit will dry up, with devastating consequences for our economy. People will no longer be able to buy homes and their life savings will be at stake. Businesses will not have enough money to pay their employees. If we do not act, ever corner of our country will be impacted. We cannot allow this to happen,” McCain said.

McCain’s move suggests he’s serious about dealing with the bailout since he had negotiated strongly to make the first of the three debates between the candidates on foreign policy, McCain’s strong suit. The first debate had been set for Friday at the University of Mississippi in Oxford.

McCain has fallen in recent polls as a result of the economic crisis. The latest FOX News/Opinion Dynamics poll shows Obama has taken a 45-39 percent lead over McCain, in large part because of independent voters. A Washington Post poll also showed that most voters think Obama has a better approach to dealing with the economy than McCain.

McCain said he did not think the Bush administration’s $700 billion bailout plan, being shepherded by Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, adequately addresses the crisis at hand.

“It has become clear that no consensus has developed to support the administration’s proposal. I do not believe that the plan on the table will pass as it currently stands, and we are running out of time,” he said.

McCain announced his decision shortly after the White House said President Bush will deliver an address to the nation Wednesday night. McCain called on Bush to convene a meeting of congressional leadership, in both chambers and parties, including him and Obama.

“It is time for both parties to come together to solve this problem,” he said.

“I am confident that before the markets open on Monday we can achieve consensus on legislation that will stabilize our financial markets, protect taxpayers and homeowners, and earn the confidence of the American people. All we must do to achieve this is temporarily set politics aside, and I am committed to doing so.”

Within minutes of McCain’s statement, Obama’s campaign issued its own statement suggesting that the idea to work together was theirs.

“At 8:30 this morning, Senator Obama called Senator McCain to ask him if he would join in issuing a joint statement outlining their shared principles and conditions for the Treasury proposal and urging Congress and the White House to act in a bipartisan manner to pass such a proposal. At 2:30 this afternoon, Senator McCain returned Senator Obama’s call and agreed to join him in issuing such a statement. The two campaigns are currently working together on the details,” spokesman Bill Burton said.

While McCain’s decision appears to put partisanship aside, both campaigns have used considerable energy casting the other as not definitive or aggressive enough on the financial rescue and other reforms.

Earlier in the day, Obama said McCain had been absent on the issue a year ago when the Illinois Democrat introduced Senate legislation to restrict executive compensation.

McCain is suddenly talking like “a hard-charging populist,” Obama said, even though Obama claims McCain’s policies favor the rich.

The McCain campaign responded that Obama incorrectly claimed that he “‘blew the whistle’ on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac CEOs for their golden parachutes, when he actually hired one for a critical job in his campaign and reportedly had his campaign seeking policy advice from another.

“The truth is that while John McCain sounded the alarm on the need to reform Freddie and Fannie to protect American taxpayers, Barack Obama took record amounts of their money and refused to take action to reform and regulate them. If ‘lying’ is saying you did one thing when you actually did the opposite, then Barack Obama just lied,” said McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds.
 

fff

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Obama suspend his campaign? I hope not. Nor should he agree to postpone the debate Friday night. McCain is in trouble; Obama should NOT play the nice guy and give him wiggle room. Continue hitting him on the campaign trail and if he doesn't show up at the debates, demand to know why not.
 

Mike

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If Obama was any kind of man he would go to Washington and enter the debate on this deal.

But I suspect he'll continue to play politics and keep lying..................
 

cutterone

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NBC, MSNBC and news services
updated 26 minutes ago
NEW YORK - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama rejected Republican Sen. John McCain’s dramatic call Wednesday to delay Friday’s debate because of the economic crisis.
“This is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who in approximately 40 days will be responsible for dealing with this mess,” Obama told reporters.

Obama agreed with McCain on the need for the two men to issue a joint statement of support for legislation to rescue the banking industry, but he declined McCain’s call to postpone the debate, scheduled for Friday in Jackson Miss.

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“In my mind, it’s more important than ever that we present ourselves to the American people and describe where we want to take the country and where we want to take the economy,” he said.

McCain said earlier in the day that he would suspend his campaign and return to Washington to work on banking legislation, saying President Bush’s proposed $700 billion appeared unlikely to pass.

Obama stopped short of following his model, saying he had told congressional leaders that he was willing to help out, but only if they thought it would be useful.

As for the debate, he said, “It’s going to be part of the president’s job to be able to deal with more than one thing at once.”

The University of Mississippi, the host of the debate, said in a statement that “we expect the debate to occur as planned.”

Obama camp sees political ploy
Aides to Obama characterized McCain’s proposal as a ploy to distract attention from his standing in the polls, which has fallen sharply in the last few days as Americans focus on the economic crisis on Wall Street.

A senior aide to Obama said McCain would have been better advised to have made his proposal several days ago. The aide said the only thing that had changed was McCain’s poll numbers.

Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., a close adviser to Obama, called the idea “the longest Hail Mary pass in the history of either football or Marys.”

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., meanwhile, said McCain’s and Obama’s presence during congressional negotiations over a rescue package would “not be helpful at this time,” saying they would be a distraction.

“If there were ever a time for both candidates to hold a debate before the American people about this serious challenge, it is now,” Reid said.

White House press secretary Dana Perino, however, said the Bush administration welcomed McCain’s announcement, adding, “Bipartisan support from Senators McCain and Obama would be helpful in driving to a conclusion.”

McCain to suspend campaign


McCain said he would suspend his campaign after he addressed former President Bill Clinton’s Global Initiative gathering Thursday. He also canceled his planned appearance Wednesday night on CBS’s “Late Show With David Letterman.”

Aides to McCain denied that the proposal was a political move. They said McCain hoped to create a “political free zone” until a deal to rescue the the financial industry could be reached.

In his statement, McCain said it had become clear that “no consensus has developed to support the administration’s proposal.” He called on Bush to convene a leadership meeting in Washington that would include him and Obama.

McCain said that if Congress did not pass legislation to address the crisis, credit would dry up, people would no longer be able to buy homes, life savings would be at stake and businesses would not have enough money

“If we do not act, every corner of our country will be impacted,” McCain said. “We cannot allow this to happen."

McCain advisers said they were also reaching out to the Obama campaign to discuss pulling political television advertisements from airing, as well.

The economy has not been McCain’s strongest suit, and his move appeared to be an attempt to turn it into an opportunity to show that he is the candidate of bipartisanship and action. Recent polls showed Obama with an advantage with voters in handling the economy.

The schedule for the three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate was agreed upon on Nov. 19, 2007.
 

TexasBred

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fff said:
Obama suspend his campaign? I hope not. Nor should he agree to postpone the debate Friday night. McCain is in trouble; Obama should NOT play the nice guy and give him wiggle room. Continue hitting him on the campaign trail and if he doesn't show up at the debates, demand to know why not.

You wish. Obama hasn't hit anybody since he hit on his wife...the guy is falling apart the closer we get to election...you wanna see a total collapse. Watch the debate when he has to answer without a teleprompter. Both of them need to get to Washington and get to work.
 
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alice said:
Republican Sen. John McCain’s dramatic call

Drama, drama, drama...McCain and his camp PROMOTE drama.

Alice

Congressmen say they don't want either one of them there- and to keep the Presidential politics from getting in the middle of this.....
 

Steve

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fff said:
Obama suspend his campaign? I hope not. Nor should he agree to postpone the debate Friday night. McCain is in trouble; Obama should NOT play the nice guy and give him wiggle room. Continue hitting him on the campaign trail and if he doesn't show up at the debates, demand to know why not.

I think that Palin should go in McCains place... every one seems overly concerned about her experiance.. so let her debate Obama's lack of experance.


I would even stay home for that debate...
 
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