McCain Suspends Campaign

[ajmccarrell]

Originally Posted by GoS

First of all, that was a joke on how similar these two arguments sound, I wasn't being serious. Second, he hasn't suspended his campaign. He said he would, but his offices are still open, he did more interviews and he is still airing commercials. And your last remark is exactly true. This was not to help the bill (obviously, because when he and Obama arrived, the thing imploded), it was to get on the front page of CNN.com.

And I believe the time line has been a little distorted here. Obama called McCain at 8:30 am and said they need to put out a joint statement. McCain called back at 2:30 pm and said sure. Eight minutes later, he announced the "suspension of the campaign.

And is anyone else wierded out that the Democrats in Congress are the ones fighting beside GW and his administration for the bill and the conservatives are the ones complaining?

One problem is that according to McCain's campaign a few days ago, Obama never called McCain before the suspension. Obama says that, but there seems to be some confusion as to who talked to who.

As for the last part, Bush has long since swung left, so this doesn't surprise me at all.