Wednesday, September 24, 2008

The Grownup Speaks

TBogg passes along reaction to McCain's latest stunt (see last post, if you just woke up after a looooong nap):

Mickey Edwards, Princeton lecturer and former Republican congressman:

Oh, brother. What idiot came up with this stunt?

It ranks somewhere on the stupidity scale between plain silly and numbingly desperate. McCain and Obama are both members of the senate and they're both able to help craft a solution if they wish to do so without putting the presidential campaign on hold; after all, I’m sure congressional leaders would be willing to accept their calls if they have some important insights to impart. And while one of them will eventually become president, neither one is president yet, nor is either one a member of the congressional leadership; I’m confident that somehow the administration and the other 533 members of congress will be able to muddle through without tapping into the superior wisdom and intellect of their nominees. Sorry, john; it really sounds like you're afraid to debate. This sounds like the sort of ploy we used to use in junior high school elections.

Via Al Giordano, here's a clip of Obama speaking at an impromptu press conference earlier today:

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If you read between Obama's polite way of putting things, it's clear that McCain tried to sandbag him with his "postpone the debate" stunt. McCain didn't make clear what he planned to do when he spoke with Obama on the phone. Instead, he sprang it on his own shortly afterwards. TPM and CNN have more on this.


[Added] Longer video of the same event posted here.

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