Debate Delay Rant
As someone who has always admired John McCain for a lot of reasons, I'm disappointed by his request to postpone the first presidential debate so that he can work on the financial bailout deal.
There are 98 U.S. Senators who aren't John McCain or Barak Obama, not to mention 435 members of the House. I simply don't believe that all 533 of them are so incompetent that they can't create a viable agreement without the Guiding Hand of John McCainTM to help them. If I thought that McCain really believed that, I'd be concerned that he was having delusions of grandeur.
But he doesn't really believe it. McCain's been losing ground in the polls in the last few weeks, and the first presidential debate always helps the less well-known candidate (in this case, Obama). By putting off the date of the debate, he lessens its impact. By claiming to do so because of a national emergency, he makes himself look like a "responsible leader" instead of the cynical politician I'm starting to think he is.
The choice of the upcoming presidential election is easily as urgent as the economic crisis. We need all the information we can get. Senator McCain is needed there more than he's needed at the bargaining table.
There are 98 U.S. Senators who aren't John McCain or Barak Obama, not to mention 435 members of the House. I simply don't believe that all 533 of them are so incompetent that they can't create a viable agreement without the Guiding Hand of John McCainTM to help them. If I thought that McCain really believed that, I'd be concerned that he was having delusions of grandeur.
But he doesn't really believe it. McCain's been losing ground in the polls in the last few weeks, and the first presidential debate always helps the less well-known candidate (in this case, Obama). By putting off the date of the debate, he lessens its impact. By claiming to do so because of a national emergency, he makes himself look like a "responsible leader" instead of the cynical politician I'm starting to think he is.
The choice of the upcoming presidential election is easily as urgent as the economic crisis. We need all the information we can get. Senator McCain is needed there more than he's needed at the bargaining table.