Obama: Tick, Tick, Tick
Posted by: Duane R. Patterson at 3:45 PM
It's not that hard of a call to make, actually. John McCain notified the Obama campaign earlier this morning of his intention to suspend the campaign, postpone the debate Friday night, and return to Washington to work for the American people in an attempt to head off the financial crisis. Senator McCain made his comments public over an hour ago. Where is Barack Obama's statement? MSM's Obama campaign reporters are relaying that a response is coming, but that Senator Obama is still formulating his answer.
Leadership matters, and Obama's reaction today isn't leadership. John McCain said several times in his acceptance speech in St. Paul that country comes first. He showed that again today. What has Obama demonstrated other than inaction and political calculation today?
UPDATE: Unbelievable - Obama statement, almost two hours later than McCain, nothing about postponing debate, trying to take credit for the idea and first call of whatever joint statement is made. Follow up questions are answered by Obama nuancing who called who and when. Very petty and irrelevant. When the two did talk, McCain outlined what his campaign was going to do, and Obama dithered for two hours to try and downplay McCain's leadership.
Whatever bailout plan gets implemented, if there is one, either Senator McCain or Senator Obama is going to have to deal with the results of it. Both are sitting U.S. Senators, and have the ability to help craft and negotiate the language of the bill. Obama would have you believe that it's important , but not enough so of a crisis for him to have to go to Washington and actually serve in his current role as Senator. John McCain recognizes the magnitude of the crisis, and wants to actually do what he can to improve the language.
Obama - Demagoguery I Hope You Will Believe In.
McCain - Country First.