-John McCain is suspending his presidential campaign in order to go back to Washington to deal with the economic crisis, and suggests Barack Obama do the same. Essentially he's suggesting that both senators go back to their workplace and do their job, at least for a little while.
It's an interesting move on McCain's part. He's doing this in an effort to show leadership during a time of "crisis." It remains to be seen how Obama counters this move.
-Shouldn't Obama and McCain both give up their Senate salaries for 2008, seeing as how they've missed the majority of votes this year? These two are like City of Chicago ghost payrollers. I guess Obama did learn well from the Chicago machine, but where did McCain get his ideas on being paid for not working?
-Does anyone really believe that come November 4, when Bill and Hillary each step into a voting booth, that either one of them will cast a vote for Barack Obama? The hatred and resentments run deep, because with the Clintons, it's always personal. Hillary's defeat in the primaries wasn't just political, it was personal, personal for her to lose the chance to be president, personal for him to have the spotlight turned to a new Democratic up and comer, as he once was.
They may not vote for McCain, but neither Bill nor Hillary will vote for Obama.
Ok, I have to do the cynical response. Is McCain going back because he has a burning desire to really solve the issue? Or because he thinks it will positively affect his poll numbers? Hmmmm... And, much like I was discussing in my e-mail, he wants to stop when businesses are suffering and Wall Street is crying out. But this whole past year while the cost of living has risen & people have struggled he never gave a thought to stopping & helping us. But good lord, we can't let executives & investors suffer!!
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