While the debate is supposed to be centered on his strong suit, I expect him to get sandbagged by the moderator. In addition, with no “crisis” deal in place, McCain will be labeled as indecisive on appearing for the debate.
SMART MOVE
if he uses this as an opportunity to expose the Libs/ACORN/CRA and hammer Obama on his connections and socialist tendencies
Fighter pilots don’t let the grass grow under their feet. That’s his way. If we’re confused, imagine how Obama feels. And now Reid is griping that McCain did more harm than good. An excellent sign. FRegards ....
All as McCain has to do is repeat the history of the home giveaway and he wins.
Brilliant move!! For 2 reasons:
1. BarryO has been busy trying to keep up with McCain in dealing with the economic problems and wouldn’t have had time to do all of the studying up that he’ll need to go off-teleprompter. Also, he’s been unsure as to whether or not the debate would be on, so he’s not as sharp as he’s going to need to be.
2. McCain will go into the debate FIRED UP. He doesn’t need to study up on the issues because he know his stuff and doesn’t have to make it up or remember what he said yesterday.
Why? Did McCain ever say he wasn’t going to debate?
I think he can go, spend 90 minutes at the debate and get back to DC. This entire debate thing is so dumb. If he didn’t go it would be next week, now that he’s going it will be over in two hours.
I would never underestimate mccain
This is exactly what McCain wanted. Displaying his maverick style of leadership. Smart decision by McCain.
i disagree... this is exciting... and now more people will be focusing on the debate... excellent move!
Oh please.
Half of the people here said not going was stupid. Then another half are saying it’s stupid to go.
How about all of you keyboard campaign consultants get it through your thick skulls that NONE of you know what the hell you are talking about!
It depends.
If McCain can now go down and clearly be more presidential than Obama in a national security debate, then he has just proven that he’s experienced, involved, and concerned.
Obama has shown that he’s out-of-touch and “campaign focused.”
It appears that Obama is a celebrity campaign junkie.
I completely disagree. McCain has now ensured max viewership for tonight's debate where Obama can be exposed for the empty suit he is. Further, McCain's tactics also caused Obama to miss valuable debate prep time.
I agree. McCain told the American public that getting a deal was so important that he was canceling his campaign and going to Washington to solve this crisis. Now he leaves with no deal in place and without even stating his position on the proposed deal. Is he for the president's plan or for the proposal of the house republicans. No one knows. All we know for sure is that he flip flopped on his promise not to attend the debate. Newt Gingrich, Dick Morris, Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity called his promise to skip the debate brilliant last night. Wonder how they'll spin this political stunt today.
BRILLIANT MOVE!
This debate will be viewed by millions more than originally anticipated.
McCain went in, gave the house republicans support and now can move on.
Poor Barry...
Not in the least. McCain is making the leadership distinction clear. At any given moment, he does what he believes is the right thing to do, the necessary thing to do. This is evidence that he is most certainly capable of “multitasking” ; }
Tatt
Mega-Dittos
When you throw the gauntlet down you have to follow through.
This feeds the Obama talking points about being hot headed and not fully thinking situations through.
I could not agree more.
When I first read this yesterday, my first thought was, not a good move.