Posted on 09/28/2008 8:32:51 PM PDT by Kleebo151
DETROIT, Mich. The financial crisis is the only thing Barack Obama and John McCain talk about these days.
But neither nominee would commit Sunday to actually returning to the Senate this week to vote on the $700 billion bill aimed at preventing widespread economic collapse.
The dichotomy between their campaign trail rhetoric and their absence in the Senate is nothing new in this presidential race. Both nominees have spoken extensively in their travels over the last 20 months about bills on which they do not vote because they could not make it back to the Senate.
Yet no other piece of legislation has dominated the debate in this election cycle nearly as much as the financial bailout.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
In McCain’s case, the loathsome Harry Reid will have staff review McCain’s public schedule and pick the most important event(s) of the week as the time to schedule the Senate vote. McCain may well be planning to vote, but why should he limit his options in advance and put his week’s schedule in Harry Reid’s hands?
Yes they should but sadly they will probably bow to their DemocRAT masters. No wonder pelosi & Co was giddy in that news conference the other night. She knew the Republicans would fold like a cheap suit.
if obama votes present or not at all, he can turn that against him BIG TIME by continuing the vote present argument against obama
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