Fingers crossed for tonight. I hope Mac comes out swinging.
Well Nancy P and Barney F just told the press that McCain’s involvement was a disruption in the process and that they are now back on track. (Did anyone hear my head explode?)
I bet the democrats will pass their bill without the republicans in Congress....
No Way! They’ll be talking about the economy no matter what Jim Lehrer says. Can’t wait to see this.
Obama and the democrats are now tied irrevocably to the unpopular Bush/Paulsen plan. McCain will come out great in this...if he sticks to his guns.
That’s the disaster that is a Dem majority in both houses…
Shows that elections have consequences, unfortunately…
They will also NOT give JM the honor of claiming a victory, not in a tight election, no way, no how.
He arrived in Washington to find the Democrats working with the Bush Administration to pass an unpopular $700 billion bailout. The Democrats had already cut their deal with Bush. The Dems agreed to the price tag while Bush agreed to special aid to families facing foreclosure, equity for the taxpayers, and limits on executive compensation. But no sooner had McCain arrived than he derailed the deal.And McCain needs to really push this notion tonight, along with using the debate as a bully pulpit to take his and the House GOP's plan directly to the people.
I urge my colleagues to support swift action on this GSE reform legislation." - John McCain on the floor of the US Senate in 2006
I'd love to see McCain open up by reading his own (above) words.
I saw him last night on Fox. I hope he’s right, but he seldom is and has NO inside scoop. I kind of think they’ll just pass their own bill, maybe, MAYBE drop the ACORN BS.
I hope the toe sucker is right but so far McCain looks to have characterized as the “loser” in this.
The script is always the same.... Dems/MSM attack the GOP and the GOP rolls over without any defense. In my opinion, this is the primary reason that GWB has a favoribility rating in the 30’s and Obama is leading McCain in the polls. The GOP needs to grow a pair or the story will never change.
LOL its too funny because. McCain is not backing THE BUSH plan but OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE.
Who is more like BUSH?
By doing the debate tonight without a deal like he said, gives the impression that McCain’s word is no good. And the media is running with it right now.
I have seen 3 reports with that angle in the last hour.
Big mistake!!!
Morris may not be the best analyst when it comes to polls and the mood of the country, but his analysis about what happens on the Hill and how events will play out there is usually pretty spot on.
The Democrats are between a rock and a hard place... if they sign on to the Bush plan without the GOP they will inexorably tie themselves to Bush this election cycle at their own peril. GOP candidates will be able to run on a platform of “Dems opposed drilling and they wanted to use your tax money to bail out the fat cats on Wall Street. They will destroy the economy” That my friends is a winning strategy and could result in the House swinging back to the Republicans.
The Democrats can’t sign on to the Bush bill... that’s why the bill still has yet to go through... they need the cover of the GOP (whom they will pin the blame on if things go south). Hell, even labor unions are opposing the bail out. They have no choice but to sign the GOP bill or be portrayed once again as a “do-nothing Congress.”
McCain played the like a fiddle...
Yancy
McCain blew it. Last night Newt said no-way there’s a debate tonight and you could see in Newt’s eyes what he was really saying is ‘he’d better not cave and debate.’ Like going to the prom before the dress showed up.
Dick Morris?
Hell,
I’m starting to not believe anything any of the pundits say about anything.
BIG TIME!!!