Should the campaign and Friday's debate be suspended because of the economy?

[Wagner]

Hmm, aren't they both SENATORS? Yes, they should stop to deal with the problems their country has currently. Their job is to their state, not to their new "could be" role.

O'Reilly said it best:

"Both McCain and Obama can kiss any entitlement or tax promises good-bye."

[FSETH]

IMO, it does look like Obama punked McCain out in this situation. He is the one who initiated that the two parties get together and cooperate for the better of the county in the first place. Then when McCain tried to take the lead on something and suggested postponing the debates, Obama smacked him in the face. It was good strategy, IMO. Plus, everyone knows that Obama's bread and butter is speaking in the national spotlight, so why would he want to postpone the debate? On the other hand, I see why McCain would.

[E61Silver]

Originally Posted by 4.6is Ryder

Why suspend anything....presidents deal with multiple issue. Has McCain ever heard of multi-tasking......this is a great sign of things to come if he is elected ..........Phil

Maybe its hard for him since he is getting older?

[motordavid]

Originally Posted by carlgo

A president does not have to know how to run a car wash or day care. He does need an idea of what he hopes from those businesses and then hires people who know all about car washes and kids to run them in his vision. ...

...So, I'll go for the visionary and progressive smart guy. ...

carlgo, you mistook my facetiousness and disdain for either candidate.

My point was not that either should know how to run those specific
kinds of businesses. My opin is that we constantly get life
long politicos as our "choices" and that neither 'Bama or McPain have
ever done the kind of "normal", regular, "understood" kinds of efforts
in any kind of business environment.

Career politicians are what we are fed everyday for nearly every office
on any ballot. If that's what we have all come to expect and accept,
shame on us, imo. I don't mean that JoeBizMan is necessarily ready to
be Prez, but the continual layers of politicians vs real world working
experience people is a sad case, imo.

My previous constant table pounding remains: in a country with a third of
a billion people, we had that ugly dozen "running" and it has boiled down
to Obama and McCain. That suggests that no one outside of the standard
political process, and without a lengthy political career, has any chance
of being elected past a very parochial, local level.

My opin is that is wrong and offers few real "choices", does nothing to promote
more effective government, (their is an oxymoron), and continually and perpetually
saddles us with the more of the same kind of political "leadership".
Thus we have and get, what it is...
BR,mD

Edit/added: back on topic, sorta: O & M should show up for the debate. This isn't
that tough of an assignment, imo.