McCain, Obama headed to Washington for bailout talks

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/24/campaign.wrap/index.html

by newmediaclay • 18 years ago

5 11 18 years ago

If it's for real, I respect him for the decision. But the truth is that he's leading in most polls and so his suspending the campaign will force Obama to do so as well and thus lessen the time for Obama to campaign to garner more voters.

newmediaclay2• 18 years ago

Latest polls actually show Obama with a pretty good lead after last weekend. The main reason for that is because Economy has moved up as the pivotal issue and Obama polls better when it comes to that issue.

So, I think he's doing this to generate some more credibility on the economy and shrink Obama's overall lead by appearing more concerned about the economy. McCain is hoping this concern will translate into becoming more respected in the economic arena, thus leading to better polling.

tsbardella• 18 years ago

That sounded like you were explaining some code snippet..

andreyf• 18 years ago

If it's for real...

As if McCain/Obama can take a breath right now without considering the implications on the election...

trickjarrett2• 18 years ago

Just giving him the benefit of the doubt.

transburgh• 18 years ago

leading in most polls?...must watch fox news

trezor• 18 years ago

Good to see that McCain, which publicly has admitted he knows next to nothing about economy, now is going to fix it.

Time to exchange those dollars for pesos before it's too late.

huherto• 18 years ago

haha, I've got a bunch of pesos if anyone is interested.(I'm in Mexico)

Seriously, you guys (the U.S.) are going to be fine. You've got great people, great land. It may just get rough for a while.

tptacek• 18 years ago

politics.reddit is this way, new HN reader:

http://www.reddit.com/r/politics

Don't mod me up for this; just please don't mod this story up.

newmediaclay2• 18 years ago

Appreciate the link. I'll be sure to use it next time.

mixmax• 18 years ago

You seem to be a fast learner, you'll fit right in here :-)

McCain, Obama headed to Washington for bailout talks

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