McCain suspending his campaign

[Sansui]

rocketpig said:

It was a political ploy, just the same as Obama's refusal to join him. Obama couldn't let himself appear as if he was following McCain's lead.

Still, it's not a bad idea if both of them would have agreed to go. That's what would have really been best for the country. As it stands now, the Dems are just going to fight McCain for every inch to delay and make him look bad while the Republicans will try to push through anything to make him look good. Great. This should end up as a big win all around for the American taxpayer.

Meh, I hate election politics.

 

I disagree.  I think the *best* thing they could have done was exactly what Obama suggested - release a bipartisan statement to the US and Congress (Obama noticed a number of similarities in their stances on the bailout), without either of them saying "this was my idea". 

If you will take note, Obama quietly called McCain about this instead of announcing it to the media.  He was truly going for a bipartisan statement, with neither side taking credit for leadership, and then McCain turns it into political drama.  The moment McCain decided he needed to take leadership and blindside Obama on this, he turned it into a partisan mess.

Fortunately the bailout seems to be making speedy progress, so there will be no excuses to ditch the first debate.