Statement by Commission on Presidential Debates

“The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) is moving forward with its plan for the first presidential debate at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. this Friday, September 26. The plans for this forum have been underway for more than a year and a half. The CPD’s mission is to provide a forum in which the American public has an opportunity to hear the leading candidates for the president of the United States debate the critical issues facing the nation. We believe the public will be well served by having all of the debates go forward as scheduled.”

SOURCE: The Commission on Presidential Debates

Video of Obama’s Response to McCain / Debate Delay

From National Review blow by blow of Obama’s response to McCain’s desperate attemt to use economic crisis as political stunt.

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.

Obama says he called McCain this morning and announced that he wanted to do a no-politics-as-usual joint statement about addressing the market mess. He says that McCain wanted to insist on meeting with the president and congressional leaders too. Obama says Obama said: Let’s do the statement, go from there. Obama says he thought McCain was thinking about the joint statement, working on with staff, when McCain went on TV. So now Obama is on TV. and goes on about how presidents need to be able to multitask.

Obama says he’s told Pelosi, Reid, and Paulson that “if I can be helpful, I am prepared to be [in dc] anytime” but I don’t want to infuse presidential politics on the hill

Obama may win this campaign moment yet. If McCain protests, he looks petty. 

McCain’s Desperate Political Stunt – Using a Crisis When He’s Falling in the Polls

What a sham.   McCain puts the country first by using the crisis as a political ploy to garner support.  Lame – very lame.     The guy knows ZIP about this and obviously isn’t needed in Washington to resolve the financial / economic crisis.  He might as well send Sarah Palin.  No one in the country, especially the Senators who know him, have turned to John McCain for a solution to the problem. 

The news accounts are all the same regarding the true facts.  Obama  called McCain this morning suggesting a bipartisan front through a joint statement.   Later McCain agreed to the joint statement, then on a day when he’s falling in the polls, McCain turns around and pulls this desperate political stunt.   If he really wanted Obama to  cancel the debate he had an opportunity earlier in the day to talk to Obama privately.   Instead, he throws this desperate hail Mary and in doing so he shows what a political whore he really is. 

McCain has turned into scum.  What happened? He is a disgrace.