Via Josh Marshall, this stunt is unlikely to work out for Mccain.
SurveyUSA has just completed a snap poll on response to John McCain's request to cancel or postpone the presidential debate.
Several questions. But two key ones.
What to do about debates?
Hold as Scheduled 50%
Hold with Econ Focus 36%
Postpone 10%
Suspend Campaigns?
Suspend 14%
Continue 31%
Refocus on Fin. Crisis 48%
Would canceling the debates be good for America? 14% say yes.
It cannot be overstated how hysterical Mccain looks right now, compared to Obama's measured tone in his very presidential press conference.
EVEN Mccain's own supporters agree! Via The Plank, Kathryn Lopez, of The Corner wrote the following:
Obama is on TV right now.
Some of this is a lot of nonsense, but if I’m just getting home from work and I only pay casual attention to these debates, Obama sounds reasonable and less gimmicky than McCain.
He says that there is no reason why we can’t do more than one thing at once. Obama says it is "more important than ever" to have a debate.
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Obama may win this campaign moment yet. If McCain protests, he looks petty.
In short...this is a lot like the Sarah Palin VP announcement. Except it won't take two weeks for people to figure out that Mccain is playing them for fools.