[maine-iac7]

I hate to say it, but Obama is right: a President needs to know how to multi-task and this makes McCain look silly for suggesting he can’t do his elected job (senator) and run for office when virtually everyone else is doing it.

You may not have noticed, but the country is facing what could be it's worst financial meltdown in over 70 years = keeping this house of cards from folding in on itself means a swift solution - not an easy thing with a Congress that hasn't managed to pass a major appropriations bill in 2 years.

If they don't get this thing settled by Friday afternoon, they well may have to work "overtime." And I pose to you that no matter how good you are at 'multitasking' = you cannot be physically in two different states at the same time.

Some things take priority over others. Will the country have a major collapse if the debates are postponed a week or so? I hardly doubt it.

Is there that danger if this crisis drags on even into next week? Quite possibly.

I prefer a leader who can tell the difference/

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>>the country is facing what could be it’s worst financial meltdown in over 70 years<<

And the government is who got us into this mess. You really think they can solve this issue? Or just put it off until a bigger mess comes about in a few years or even months?

>>you cannot be physically in two different states at the same time<<

Name me one thing, other than vote, he is able to do in Washington? There’s this thing called the phone, another thing called the fax machine, and even if McCain doesn’t or can’t use email, his staff can. He only needs 6-8 hours notice of a vote to be there for that and he can reschedule his campaign to a location within a couple of hours flight time of Washington.

>>Will the country have a major collapse if the debates are postponed a week or so? I hardly doubt it.<<

I agree with this, and honestly, I think the debates (if you want to call them that) are stupid. However, this smacks clearly of McCain not being ready or willing to debate. Even if that’s truly not the case, since there’s not much he individually can do, this is a PR stunt. That’s what liberals do.

>>I prefer a leader who can tell the difference<<

I prefer a leader who puts substance over style and one who doesn’t do something just for political show or to try and make himself out to be the one who flies in at the last minute and solves everyone’s problems. That’s unrealistic — at least in real crises that Presidents will deal with.