Obama’s new one-minute ad on the economy
4 comments September 25th, 2008
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See if you can watch this without cringing
8 comments September 25th, 2008
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A big majority of Americans aren’t buying into McCain’s campaign suspension and debate delay
12 comments September 25th, 2008
If John McCain thought the suspension of his presidential campaign and his bid for postponement of Friday’s scheduled debate was going to impress the American public as an example of daring leadership in dealing with the financial crisis, he’s been wrong so far — way wrong.
A NEW POLL by Survey USA shows that the strategy is going over like a proverbial lead baloon.
Three-fourths of Americans say they want the campaign to continue forthwith and the debate to go on as scheduled.
For good measure, half the respondents also say they have “no confidence” in McCain’s leadership abilities “during these economic times.”
UPDATE: THIS ACCOUNT of ongoing negotiations on the proposed Wall Street bailout deal, as reported by Politico.com, is not exactly flattering to McCain.
Democratic Rep. Barney Frank, one of the principal negotiators, said McCain has not been a factor in the talks.
“Nobody mentioned him,” Frank said of McCain. “The man’s irrelevant to the whole process. No Republican mentioned his name. I’m the only one who raised his name. They winced when I did.”
UPDATE II: McCain’s visit to the White House today also is SAID to have been undistinguished.
Consider, for example, this account:
“At the bipartisan White House meeting that Mr. McCain had called for a day earlier, he sat silently for more than 40 minutes, more observer than leader, and then offered only a vague sense of where he stood, according to people in the meeting.
“In subsequent television interviews, Mr. McCain suggested that he saw the bipartisan plan that came apart at the White House meeting as the proper basis for an eventual agreement, but he did not tip his hand as to whether he would give any support to the alternative put on the table by angry House Republicans, with whom he had met before going to the White House.”
Open thread
3 comments September 25th, 2008
I’ll be gone from Applesauce World Headquarters until this evening.
Meanwhile, feel free to comment on whatever topics you’d like.
Obama, McCain actually agree on most terms of the Wall Street bailout
1 comment September 25th, 2008
Dan Balz of The Washington Post offers this observation:
“Ironically, Obama and McCain are now very close together on the terms of a deal. In this case, policy differences appear minimal. Both want independent oversight of how the Treasury secretary would buy up and then resell devalued securities. Both want the taxpayers to share in any profits. Both want Wall Street executives not to profit excessively. Both say the rescue package should be a first step toward revamping the regulation of the financial industry.”
Read the WHOLE THING.
The last time McCain was asked about the economy in a debate, he punted
Add comment September 25th, 2008
The occasion was a Republican presidential debate this past January.
John McCain was asked about his qualifications to handle the nation’s economy.
His answer touched upon Iraq, patriotism, Ronald Reagan, Islamic extremism, his experience as a prisoner of war and several other irrelevant topics. But he uttered not one word about the economy:
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Cheney links Saddam to mortgage crisis
2 comments September 25th, 2008
The Satirical Political Report has the startling FAUX NEWS.
McCain campaign seems NOT to be suspended
3 comments September 25th, 2008
The EVIDENCE suggests that there’s lots of campaigning today on John McCain’s behalf.
A second fact-checker disputes NRA’s claims about Obama and firearms
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Yesterday, I told you about THIS.
Today, I have THIS.
New MoveOn ad against bailout plan
3 comments September 25th, 2008
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