As many people know, McCain is back in AZ this weekend, no public event.
Obama is in VA, Biden is in VA tomorrow. Obama will prepare for the debate in NC and will probably have som public events there as well.
VA and NC is 2 critical battleground-states.
Since McCain is gone, people might wonder where his running mate is? Well, she attends 2 fundraisers today, one in CO and one in CA. Fundraisers won`t help McCain much with voters, so Palin is having a rally which is important. Where do you think the rally is? Carson, California! So, instead of holding a rally in the battleground state CO where Palin will spend some of her time today, they are holding a rally in CA. Are these guys stupid? Both Biden and Obama are holding events in VA where Obama has a slight lead, McCain is "taking a break" and Palin is holding a rally in CA. I think this is the same as giving Obama the weekend.
Biden won the debate on Thursday, we don`t know how national polls will react, but the first result from Dkos is +13 for Obama on Friday. If the other tracking polls doesn`t show any change in the trend, it means Obama still has a strong momentum. Since Obama has the weekend for himself, it means his momentum probably will last until at least monday.
So instead of doing something to change the game, McCain is "taking a break", probably to find a new strategy for tuesdays debate. This probably means that McCain is gambling on the debate changing the race. Well, the format probably suits him a bit better, but Obama has shown a lot of strength in the "town-hall"-format as well. If McCain only gets a small victory, they tie or Obama wins, it will mean that the momentum is unchanged. It is not likely that the last debate will change very much if McCain can`t win the second. I think McCain is gambling again and we all know how his 2 last gambles have been (palin+financial crisis).
McCain is giving Obama a free pass until at least monday and I think the election is over if Obama wins tuesdays debate. I just don`t understand how they can take McCain of the trail and use Palin in CA. These guys just seem stupid when it comes to a proper strategy.