Question: Will the average voter see through this lame-ass rouse?

Just askin'...

http://thepajamapundit.com/

McLame's ads were running in New Mexico last night, just like they have been all along.

Bounds line, "so the idea that there's a debate about the debates, I just think, is absurd," sounds like their trying to ease McCain back into the debate. Of course, their tactic is "what? talk about not having a debate? there was never any such thing."

The Huffington Post is reporting that a source in BO campaign says if McCain doesnt show up, the debate will turn into a town hall meeting, a one on one interview with Jim Leher or a combination of both.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/25/obama-will-make-debate-a_n_129250.html

So, the alleged campaign suspension was just a campaign tactic.

(WARNING: Worn sports metaphor follows.)

McCain didn't throw a Hail Mary. McCain was gonna throw the Hail Mary on fourth-and-long, but scrambled around and was sacked in his own end zone for the safety.

On further review, McCain might have fumbled in the end zone and Obama recovered for the touchdown.

Question: I often see that readers are writing to Josh, but how does one find his e-mail address?

Ambinder is reporting that the campaigns were told a week ago that part of the debate would focus on the economy.

I hardly matters now what McLame does on Friday - he's totally damned if he does and damned if he doesn't and I'll be damned if he didn't do this to himself.

Twice now - you cannot tell me that he does not regret his other big snap decision - Palin. O he regrets that - otherwise he wouldn't be holding her in an undisclosed location.

Ok, now I'm wondering what stuff is gonna be turned up that discredits these surrogates? Dirt of some type is bound to show up!

Funny enough, McWar apparently can not read. He never read the 2 pages proposal...

This is more than embarrassing, how can a potential candidate to the presidency not read a 2 pages proposal on such a crisis
Any takers?

Have you ever seen a tighter set of facial muscles on a gal? Watch the video closely. I kept expecting her to start spitting out molar fragments.

I think it would be great without MCCain at the debate.

We could have a nationally televised "State of the Union" address by Barack Obama.

McCain was clearly 'grandstanding' and I think huffposts idea that he wanted a 'time out' was correct. I think the blustering fool really wanted 'time out' from his campaign because he's getting worn out. The debates must go on and if McCain doesn't want to show up Friday as a matter of principle, I can respect that and Senator Obama can have one free hour of prime time to answer voters questions and I'm fine with that. Same for Senator Biden. If Palin is 'not ready' to debate him, my guess being that is just more evidence of her 'not being ready'.

The thought of a pilot (of a campaign) with inoperable landing gear, low on fuel, circling an aircraft carrier before an attempt to crash land, came to mind.

Can his superiors get a safety net rigged in time to save his landing aboard the ship or will the Maverick bail out on his own?

I certain, cough cough, that his decision will be based on what is best for the country.

It's going to be a great debate even with McCain there. I expect him to be in full "hell hath no fury" mode, pointing that crooked index finger, gripping the microphone like Bob Dole's ballpoint pen, his entire body language radiating rage.

Meanwhile, at the other podium, Obama will be cool and collected, taking the occasional note, suppressing the urge to shoot McCain an "are you done yet?" look.

It's going to be a massacre. As I've said before, this is when the poll movement becomes permanent.

Is that Michigan poll correct?? 48% vs 38%??

That's a pretty huge jump. Don't recognize the pollster.

Somehow I missed this: Fox has bush at 26% approval. Just out today?

From:

Head of State

http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/09/mccain-and-bushs-kabuki-theatre-mccain.html

Thursday, September 25, 2008

McCain and Bush's Kabuki Theatre: McCain Contacts Bush To Set Up Meeting To Prop Up His "Suspension"

Now we know why McCain hired the Bush contingent.

It emerged in the White House briefing today that McCain called Bush and asked him to initiate a meeting today at 4 pm at the White House, putatively for him to "deal with" the crisis.

That is, McCain asked Bush to help him create an avoidant trifecta: To try ti\o lend some credence to McCain's desperate assertion that a suspension of his campaign is necessary, in effect avoiding a debate in which he would face critical questions about his stance on the economy; attempting to co opt the financial crisis thereby trying to put an end to his plummeting in the polls created by his flailing positions on the economy--perhaps best reflected by his statement days ago that the "fundamentals of the economy are strong"; and, while avoiding his own debate, also buying more time for Sarah Palin after her embarrassing photo op at the UN yesterday, by moving her debate forward as well.

Here's how it happened, according to Q and A at the WHB:

McCain emailed Bush asking for the 4 P.M. meeting. Now, one reasonably might ask, why is today such a necessity for McCain, if his interest is solely the national good?

Because it is before the debate. McCain hopes to stage a meeting at the White House, thereby, with Bush's cooperation, lending plausibility to his claim to need to suspend his campaign. Then, if Republicans, in their own electoral interest, can be persuaded to come to agreement after the meeting, and before the debate, he would claim--in an act of utter stage management--to have "resolved" the crisis. Thereby hoping to take the heat off on his past careening stances and sliding polls and staunch the bleeding on the polls--before the debate.

This is Kabuki Theatre masquerading as substance--no different than what we saw at the U.N. yesterday.

It is utterly stage managed, utterly cynical, and utterly unrelated to the substantive deliberation necessary to actually resolve these matters on the merits and for our nation's future, rather than for short-term and desperate political advantage.

These occurrences are equally important for what they indicate about McCain's governing style as they are for their impact upon democratic process: impulsive acts that rely on drama and theatrical posture rather than substantive reasoning and long-term deliberation; a strong willingness to sacrifice substantive reasoning, deliberative process, and even prior structures and agreements to immediate political need; an attempt to reach outcomes through last minute stage management rather than substantive argument.

These should create deep concern for anyone who wishes for a change in governmental process from the past eight years.

We have an economy, rather than a campaign, to rescue. Putting nation before politics means putting all attempts to resolve it before political attempts to co opt it--and to move towards one's commitments, rather than towards a more immediate and short-term salvation.

Cite:

Head of State

http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/09/mccain-and-bushs-kabuki-theatre-mccain.html

gallup tied!

Little trivia tidbit: Pfotenhauer translates as "paw smacker." :o)

Yes, something not right with Gallup. Obama is up by 3 in Rasmussen. I am sure that they are trying to show that despite all of what has happened it is a dead heat race...

This is fine, we can not be complacent...

So far all polls are going to one direction, Obama...

As lame and unbelievable as this is, McCain has managed to steal the media spotlight for himself for a few more hours.
Schmidt must believe that there's no such thing as bad publicity, just publicity. He'll be wrong.
McCain, supposedly the paragon of courage who never backs down, is afraid of having his ass handed to him in the debate and this stunt is to allow Palin to skip having her ass handed to her at the VP debate as well.
The money angle may be another reason why McCain ispulling these ridiculous stunts. He's falling farther behind in the polls, he's limited to his government handout, so he's trying anything he can to get attention without spending any money.
Completely un-presidential.

Am I the only one who finds this Pfotenhauer lady incredibly annoying? Going back to when Palin was picked and her lame arguments in support of the pick, not to mention all her other t.v. appearances, it about pushed me over the edge when she was on msnbc last night talking about how bold and mavericky McCain was to suspend his campaign while at the same time she--a campaign spokesperson--was out campaigning for McCain.
Another woman from McLame camp was on this morning on Scarborough, campaigning in support of McLame's decision to suspend campaigning.

Geez, I know that it's hard to like someone when their job is to constantly spin for someone you oppose--but it seems that I see these women on waaay more than any Obama spokespeople, and their spinning is so ridiculous because they obviously don't have much to work with. Just can't wait until we can tell Pfotenhauer to pf--- off.

Do you think McCain EVER intended to suspend the campaign?

And she keeps lying about Davis, that he has nothing to do with Fannie Mae. A pretty icky lady. her name is not memorable, thank goodness.

From a minute fart to a Phartenhour

huh, and all this time I thought Pfotenhauer translated to 'Weyrich's Bitchpig' -

a real piece of work this woman. Coming from the Independent Womens Forum, she was tapped by Ashcroft to Chair Commission on Violence Against Women - and spent her entire tenure fighting enforcement of Clinton sponsored Anti Domestic Violence legist - ya know, the one that reduced Domestic Violence by almost 30% it's first 2 years -

“You have to look at domestic violence as a culture of intimacy,” she said, rather than a “one-size-fits-all, men-beat-up-women” framework.

really Nancy ?

ps - y'all know her husband is a lobbyist for the Mortgage Industry, right ?