The candidates have two days to state their views to Congress and the President. There is no reason to cancel the debates and as Obama says a President should be able to concentrate on more than one thing at a time! Perhaps McCain is not up to both tasks!

Not long time ago i really respected McCain for his service for this country and for his bipartisan initiatives. But since he got the GOP nomination he has changed dramatically, its not the same guy. Its like he “stepped on the dark side of the force”.
Its such a cheap trick. He is not an economy expert, he cant help in any way in forging this deal.
I demand that debate to be as planned.
If he really thinks that he needs to be in DC, he should send Sarah Palin to cover for him. I would love to see what she has to say.

The debates should take place.

It would appear the McCain is playing for time on this.

First, he won’t let his running mate appear in unscripted interviews with the media, and now he would appear to be avoiding Friday’s debate.

That’s no way to run a campaign, and speaks volumes about his ability to cary out the duties of the office of the president.

Hussein just wants the spotlight, at any cost.

His primary responsibility is to perform his own job as a senator, and not to wave his own flag at this crucial time in U.S. history.

I knew he would have this selfish, egocentric response.

Hussein: “It’s all about ME”.

NO BAMA. NO WAY.

We have a sitting president and congress in place who are working with a cadre of financial experts to resolve the financial crisis. The presidential candidates are senators and as such, they do share a responsibility for contributing to and providing the support needed to carry through the proposed or a similar “bail-out” resolution. However, the presidential candidates’ primary responsibility at the moment and up until election day is to demonstrate to us, the American people, that they have the intelligence, endurance and poise to handle multiple responsibilities and commitments simultaneously. One of those commitments has become a tradition–that of participating in presidential debates.

The proposal that the financial crisis is a valid reason to postpone the debate is alarming. The debates provide a venue for the candidates to prove themselves before a national audience. In a sense, a presidential or vice-presidential debate is an interview with the American people; it provides the voter with an opportunity to scrutinize and observe how each candidate responds under pressure in an ad-hoc forum.

To put this in perspective, imagine this: What if we were facing both the current financial crisis and a diplomatic crisis of a similar magnitude? Would the man who would be our president opt to “postpone” one of them so as to deal exclusively with the other?

The proposal to cancel the debate is akin to a proposal to cancel a job interview with the American people. What is even more disturbing is the proposal to reschedule the debate for the date designated for the first VP debate. These look like slippery moves to me. We are not trying to hire an illusionist, but someone who can honestly lead the country in the right direction. We are facing a host of problems that, for the sake of the planet and future generations, need urgent attention, right now–global warming and evironmental degradation, declining natural resources, famine, disease, war. We do not need any more “Who looks better in the media now?” games, political delay and tit-for-tat tactics, or strategically placed western veils on Sarah Palin. We need someone whose talk is substantial enough to support his own weight. We need someone whose long-term view is not measured in two an four year increments but in decades and centuries, who cares about what will be when all the current players will be dust.

what a great time for senator mccain to want to go mia. running and hiding behind the financial fiasco he and his ideological compatriots created, and pretending his presence is required to fix it. what’s telling is that no one but mccain wants him anywhere near the delicate and important negotiations. after all wasn’t it but a few weeks ago he was still insisting the economic fundamentals were strong? with insight like that, no wonder no one wants him involved. mccain seems a bit hysterical.

Obama wants to debate the crisis while McCain wants to do something about it. McCain has proven to me that he is putting his country before his career.

Let’s have McCain do a “Katrina” solution for debates..fly low over the debate hall..then go home and say “We have it under control”…I am sorry but STILL under the impression that the R’s WANT TO LOSE THE ELECTION…so like Palin for VP. (whom rumors are now want VP debate moved). and ALL the other gaffs..the R’s are doing best they can to loose but the public is so dumbed down they simply do not notice. NO campaign EVER, has made so many messes.. and ended up nearly tied. So the R’s are using big guns like this to loose, but somehow the D’s will counter it and remain at 50/50 tie.. and may even loose. NEVER ever saw a big losing series of foul ups and messed up sitution-opportunity.. snatched from jaws of victory as the D party is doing now.. Maybe with coming economic and all the other issues coming down the 2009 track. might it be.. BOTH PARTIES want no part of it and want to lose..but no matter how badly they screw up cannot yet find firm course to stay to lose???
After all we ain’t seen nothing yet on the four horse’s of “OH OH”, the next administration will have to face, “USA broken Economy, Our wars,Terrible energy mess and the drogon going out to feed now that 2008 Games done and their 2000’s game to start, the China’s raise to power.. R or D, they cannot seem to firm up how to loose?

Reuters, give me a break! Why do you delete posts that don’t violate any rules? Is it just because they make your liberal candidate du jour look bad? You’re really objective. You’ll post one word items that say, “McOld” but not a substantive challenge to liberals.

The debates should definitely go on. If not, then why don’t the vice presidential candidates step up? They’re supposed to be ready to take over at any time, so let’s see how Biden and Palin do with this little curve ball. My money’s on Biden.

- Posted by Megan

Dear God, if we have people like you voting, we’re in deep. Your money is on Biden, the guy who just went on TV and said, “after the 1929 market crash, FDR went on television to reassure the American public.” Too bad for Biden, FDR wasn’t President until 1932 and television was a couple decades away.

This is the same Biden who in 1988 had to retract every word of a statement he made claiming to have gotten three degrees while on a full legal scholarship and was at the top of his class. The truth was he had financial aid, not a scholarship, he had a double major for ONE degree, not three, and he ranked fifth from the bottom of his class. Before you make McCain comparisons, I’ll take the bottom of the class at the USNA over the top half of any other school any day.

I could go on and on about Biden (calling Obama the “first clean and articulate black candidate,” stating “You can’t walk into a 7-11 or Dunkin’ Donuts without having an Indian accent,” etc. but you liberal robots and your allies in the press will continue to excuse it all while referring to the right as stupid.

Why should Obama go back to DC to help with the crisis. This is work for adults. Let him stay on the campaign trail and give his empty suit speeches. When the Democratic leadership tells Obama to stay on the trail and not return to DC to assist on the crisis…IT’S BECAUSE HE DOESN’T NEED TO BE THERE!!!GET IT..HE HAS NO IDEAS..HE CANNOT GET A CONSENSES IN THE SENATE. Lmao…yeh stay on the trail Obama..you have nothing to offer the folks in DC. He says he’ll take care of it in 40 days????? That’s the type of hope and change we all need.