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| 2008/9/25-30 [Politics/Domestic/Election] UID:51292 Activity:low |
9/25 McCain campaign not actually suspended
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/25/mccain-campaign-still-act_n_129327.html
\_ How dare you imply McCain is telling a fib!
\_ All this stuff runs fine autonomously, why would it stop? Saying
McCain is lying here seems like a pretty big strech.
\_ So why did he "suspend" his campaign again? Why is it vitally
important to suspend the debate?
\_ Allegedly because McCain's services are absolutely
essential for resolving the $700B banking crisis?
\_ And a debate would just be too tasking for poor
little McCain?
\_ Political compromises take time.
\_ According to this anyway: http://csua.org/u/mg8
\_ Huh? He is not campaigning, he's in Washington working on
the deal (aparrently). He suspended his campaign activites,
why would that stop low-level volunteers from doing their
jobs? Do you get off work when the CEO is on a business
trip?
\_ No one is accusing him of lying. It's more like people are
accusing him of a meaningless political stunt, which is
hard to argue with.
\_ Aside from above guy?
\_ The only people who are saying McCain made a bold move that will
defend America are Republican strategists.
\- i am quite demoralized by mccain lately, but this is a stupid
stupid stupid issues. |
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| www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/25/mccain-campaign-still-act_n_129327.html Comments John McCain declared on Wednesday that he would suspend his run for the White House and return to Washington to help resolve the country's economic crisis. But while the candidate himself left the trail, the campaign itself is decidedly still open for business. Across the country, McCain campaign offices are up and running, accepting volunteers, conducting phone banking, literature dropping and other GOTV activities. This held true on a local, state, and even regional level. The Huffington Post called up 15 McCain-Palin and McCain Victory Committee headquarters in various battleground states. Not one said that it was temporarily halting operations because of the supposed "suspension" in the campaign. Several, in fact, enthusiastically declared the continuation of their work. Others hadn't even heard that the candidate for whom they were devoting their time had officially stopped campaigning. In Ohio, Brenda Lewis of the Greene County Victory Office seemed surprised there was any doubt that the office would be open. she asked out loud, before saying that her colleagues would be phone banking, going door to door, and could use some front desk help as well as assistance getting signs together. Similar level of activities were taking place in the state's Franklin County and Clark County offices. In Ashland County, Ohio, a McCain worker named Ken confirmed, "We're still campaigning for him." A Japanese couple will be watching the shop after, but they're very anglocized." An official at McCain's Missouri headquarters welcomed more volunteer work. "It is not the suspension of the thing that is going on, it is a postponement," she said over the phone. " The same held true in the state's Richmond and Charlottesville "victory centers." Down in Florida, another swing state, work did not cease. An official in the "Southeast Regional Headquarters" acknowledged that "things are really quiet here" on Thursday. But, he added, "as a matter of fact, we have volunteers working in phone bank downstairs." In McCain's West Regional Headquarters based in Nevada, an official named Alex said they still were accepting volunteers. In the Colorado Victory Headquarters, an aide said people were doing phone banking today and were "setting up to walk around Friday, Saturday, and Sunday." And in McCain's North Mountain Regional Headquarters, based in Minnesota, the offices, an official said, would be open until 8:30 in the evening. In fact, of the 15 offices the Huffington Post called, only one, Palm Beach in Florida did not have an official pick up the phone. McCain, clearly, may be leaving the campaign trail - in addition to removing his television advertisement from the air - but the campaign itself rages on. reported that when McCain and Obama met President Bush in the White House today, it was the Republican who brought with him a campaign aide and the still-campaigning Democrat who brought along a Senate staffer. John McCain declared on Wednesday he would be suspend his run for the White House and return to Washington to help resolve the country's economic crisis. John McCain declared on Wednesday he would be suspend his run for the White House and return to Washington to help resolve the country's economic crisis. permalink They said on msnbc that they were close to a deal until mccain swooped in and now everything is up in the air. he disrupted all progress made after days and days of meetings. Comb your hair, splash some cold water on your face, pull yourself together. There's no getting out of it, sort yourself out or you're gonna get BarackRoll'd yet again. permalink Since McCain has "suspended" his campaign, are these activities that his campaign continues to pursue technically illegal? And if so, are there any consequences that can theoretically be pursued? permalink This illustrates what I commented in posts earlier today. There is no suspension of anything at all, except the debates for whih McCain is too unprepared to partake in. He doesn't have the questions ahead of time, as he did with Saddleback Ranch. And this will also give Palin more time to prep her vapid self for the delayed VP debate. Doesn't matter if he fought in a war, or if he was a POW. It's what he's doing NOW that matters, and if this is how little importance he places on the entire country and its people, that he thinks we do not deserve to hear him speak in a debate, yet should still blindly vote for him, he is a traitor. permalink Ads were running even more than usual here in Pennsylvania. As I watched the morning news today, the McCain "big government is looming" ad ran twice as much as usual. I guess "suspension" is John Bush speak for double the ads. See RW Sanders's Profile i live here in lake tahoe, on the nevada/california state line and on our local reno stations, i have seen mccain ads since he supposedly pulled them. the next thing we'll hear is that " it takes some time for those ads to quit being shown." there is some truth to that, but his campaign is definitely NOT suspended! permalink Here in the Washington DC/Northern Virginia television market, where the state of Virginia is up for grabs, McCain has continued to run his ads today despite the campaign being "suspended." permalink McCain's so- called suspension of his campaign and his wish to skip Friday's debate shows what a flaming hypocrite he has become in his craven desire to be president. Thomas B Edsall Thomas B Edsall is the Political Editor of the Huffington Post. He is also Joseph Pulitzer II and Edith Pulitzer Moore Professor at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. Sam Stein Sam Stein is a Political Reporter at the Huffington Post, based in Washington, DC Previously he has worked for Newsweek Magazine, the New York Daily News and the investigative journalism group Center for Public Integrity. Jason Linkins Jason Linkins is a Political Reporter at the Huffington Post, covering media and politics. Previously, he wrote for HuffPo's Eat The Press, and has also contributed to DCist and Wonkette. |
| csua.org/u/mg8 -> newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2008/09/25/schieffer-paulson-warned-bailout-would-fail-unless-mccain-got-invo John McCain got involved in the bailout negotiations after Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Sen. Lindsey Graham yesterday that the bailout plan would fail unless McCain came in and brought balky Republicans aboard. That's what Bob Schieffer reported on this morning's Early Show. Barney Frank and their MSM cohorts that McCain's moves of yesterday were nothing more than a political "stunt." Here was Schieffer speaking with the Early Show's Maggie Rodriguez at 7:05 AM EDT today: BOB SCHIEFFER: I am told, Maggie, that the way McCain got involved in this in the first place, the Treasury Secretary was briefing Republicans in the House yesterday, the Republican conference, asked how many were ready to support the bailout plan. Paulson then called, according to my sources, Senator Lindsey Graham, who is very close to John McCain, and told him: you've got to get the people in the McCain campaign, you've got to convince John McCain to give these Republicans some political cover. If you don't do that, this whole bailout plan is going to fail. SCHIEFFER: He has gotten what he wants, he's going to have this meeting, kind of a summit today with the president and Barack Obama. I'm told that the leaders of both parties are getting close to having some kind of a bill. The question, though, is whether rank-and-file Republicans, especially, are going to vote for this. mom_rox I know you asked this as a rhetorical question, but as I mentioned on another post, the answer is because he is not relevant. What's the difference between Barack Obama and Sarah Palin? dscott When the Treasury Secretary has to call someone to rally the troops, who does he call? But this demonstrates John McCain is a KNOWN leader otherwise why bother calling him if he doesn't have anything to offer? Even Harry Reid called John McCain to help out, my, my, my, doesn't that say something about who is recognized as someone who can bring various factions together for a SOLUTION. John McCain set aside his campaign to deal with a seriously urgent problem, Barack Obama has to be SUMMONED to Washington to participate in the solution because he didn't think he had anything to offer (he admitted as much by insisting on Friday's debate). John McCain's idea of leadership is being a part of the solution, while Barack Obama's idea of leadership is being an order taker waiting to have it drop in his lap. You can't fly to and from the debates and BE a part of the solution Mr Obama. What's worse, the so called multitasking Obama advocated basically says he doesn't know how to prioritize tasks according to their importance, which is an essential leadership skill. Even worse, Obama's failure to recognize the seriousness of the situation to reshuffle his priorites shows his lack of flexibility and inability to think under fire. If Barack Obama wants to debate on Friday, let Sarah Palin stand in for John McCain. Didn't the MSM claim she needs to be as experienced as the one running for POTUS? I would love to see our pitbull with lipstick mop the floor with Obama. rammingspeed The point was made by Dick Morris that McCain went to Washington to get republicans on board so that a bill can be passed. He'll tell them their jobs are on the line, that if the economy goes as bad as predicted, they (republicans) will be blamed. If they get the bill passed, and McCain's effort is viewed as the turning point, he'll once again jump ahead of Obama. IamTinman The democrats are already on board with it, they've NEVER seen a taxpayers dollar they didn't like. The GOP isn't quite so profligate, they want something to show their constituency besides another IOU. The only guy who can swing the republican vote is John McCain. The good news is most voters don't know that so McCain looks more involved and presidential. Thalpy Political stunt or not, if the Democrats had not pushed their Leftist agenda and kept the housing loan criteria, and secured the borders, this would not be an issue now. Not everyone is equal, not everyone can afford a house irrespective of what the Democrats say. Democrat and Republican Leftists are responsible for this. jdhawk You can bet that the bambi campaign (aka: problem: foreign oil; Meanwhile, over on CNBC (we keep it on at work all day) Shumer was being interviewed by Ratigan about the bail out. Shumer attempted to get in a few licks against McCain saying that he did nothing but grandstand and Ratigan cut him off with a request for more details about the plan. Shumer just smerked and went back to rattling on about the plan. |