Yesterday I turned on my television and saw John McCain announcing that he is going to suspend his campaign so that he can focus on this economy.
I soon after read an AP article that proposed that McCain’s move “was orchestrated to put Obama in a bind. Rejecting the idea would allow McCain alone to appear above politics, but agreeing to suspend campaigning and the debate could make Obama look like he’s following McCain’s lead.” It was be interesting to see how Obama and his camp handle this. From earlier accounts, Obama called McCain yesterday morning ”to propose that they issue a joint statement in support of a package to help fix the economy as soon as possible.” But McCain’s camp underhandedly appear on television without any further conversation from Obama. Yep, this is Shark Tale politics folks.
Publicly in response Obama has apparently, and rightfully, opposed that foolish idea. I later read in an article in the New York Times that between being paid on the low by Freddie Mac, and lying about it, and then lying, in general, through the phony letters he was having people write for him, McCain is in hot water, hence the shenanigans. http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na
Conclusively I believe that McCain took a look at the polls and noticed that Obama is beginning to expand his lead in many states and this is just a tactic that he is using to try to slow his momentum. I will give it to McCain; it was a good try and a very slick move he tried to pull off. But the Obama camp had the perfect response in saying ”…this is the time the American people want to hear from us the most…” and “….a president should be able to handle more than one thing at the sometime…” I just don’t understand since when in life can one call a time out when things start happening too fast. You have to be able to adapt and roll with the punches especially as president. There is no way McCain will be able to fix the issues that are affecting this economy between now and the elections. He needs to focus on trying to become president first.
