"We cannot and we will not simply bail out Wall Street without helping the millions of innocent homeowners who are struggling just to stay in their homes," said the Delaware lawmaker

Senator Biden (D-MNBA) is the last guy who should be talking about homeowners. How much did his son get from the bank again?

What a joke Biden is. Obama's leadership on possibly the worst financial crisis in 100 years and maybe ever and Obama says "call me if you need me". My word he is a U.S. Senator and listening to his campaign has this insight into everything. Consistent with his past history he is awol-he voted present in the Illinois legislature; he votes present in the U.S. Senate; he chairs a committee in the U.S. Senate that has never met. No wander he never joined the military as he would be locked up for being awol. He is no hero; he is no leader; he is simply that editor in chief of the law review that never once authored an article.

What a joke Biden is. Obama's leadership on possibly the worst financial crisis in 100 years and maybe ever and Obama says "call me if you need me". My word he is a U.S. Senator and listening to his campaign has this insight into everything. Consistent with his past history he is awol-he voted present in the Illinois legislature; he votes present in the U.S. Senate; he chairs a committee in the U.S. Senate that has never met. No wander he never joined the military as he would be locked up for being awol. He is no hero; he is no leader; he is simply that editor in chief of the law review that never once authored an article.

McCain has done the right thing - his JOB!!!!
Obama is "Present" - IF needed
Debates can be rescheduled - the time to fix our economy is NOW.
McCain has asked for months for debates - obama refused - can only read a prepared speech fromt he teleprompter.

McCain - a LEADER we NEED.

Obama made the first move, he shows good judgement and he shows that we the people come first. Thanks Jake for some truth.

I don't feel the need to bail out main street. If you took on a loan you can't afford, if you took on a stupid loan, you deserve what you get. Now if you are losing your house because you lost your job, different story.

Facts: Bush/Republicans tried to reign in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac five years ago. They proposed regulatory and administrative oversight of both. Who opposed this and defeated it-the DEMOCRATS led by Nancy Peloski; Charlie Rangel; Joe Biden; Christopher Dodds. Why-because they wanted to continue a mortgage program for people who could not afford a mortgage. And who is on Obama's economic staff but two of the executives of both of these companies. My God how stupid do these people think Americans are?

Leadership! Enuf said!!!Now tell me who's is playing politics with this issue...It was said somewhere in a famous book once, when you pray you do it in the privacy of your space not in public so that the world is seeing you pray.

McCain = hand fed..... Can't whip his way out of a wet paper sack... A first class Lier.... A first class EMPTY SUITE....

The meeting is for McCain, The deal is all but done and McCain has not been and will likely not be in on any meeting where anythign was actually decided. They have been working on this since last week. Exactly what does McCain bring to the table?

this is for Geevil

Do you know how much he got???..if you can tell us we would like to know...know your facts before you spew them out...

Biden is a farce he maybe the worst choice obama has made . When FDR was on TV uhhh I mean if they had Tv thats what he would of done uhh Obama is great UHH i mean would be great somebody quick tell me what I need to say again

It is about time someone called McCain out. He is playing politics with a MAJOR issue.

He's such a load of BS... who would have thought?

John

How many vote did John McCain miss in the last Congress...109 out 110..if your don't know what your talking about please don't say anything

samhiguchi, so by yoru reasoning, since the wall street gurus signed off on those bad loans shouldn't they just wallow in the pain?

The McCain/Palin campaign is such a joke. You have McCain wanting to postpone the debate and you have Palin who gave one of the worst interviews that I have seen in a long time. You also have Palin being prayed over for witchcraft and by the way, if this were Obama/Biden, this video would be in a continuous loop on every new organization. This is really sad that the McCain/Palin campaign would do anything to try to win an election.

From:
Head of State
http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/09/mccain-and-bushs-kabuki-theatre-mccain.html

Thursday, September 25, 2008
Credit Where Credit Isn't Due: McCain and Bush's Kabuki Theatre

Now we know why McCain hired the Bush contingent.

It emerged in the White House briefing today that McCain called Bush and asked him to initiate a meeting today at 4 pm at the White House, putatively for him to "deal with" the crisis.

That is, McCain asked Bush to help him create an trifecta: To try to lend some credence to McCain's desperate assertion that a suspension of his campaign is necessary, in effect either avoiding a debate in which he would face critical questions about his stance on the economy or marching in claiming "victory"; attempting to co opt the financial crisis thereby trying to put an end to his plummeting in the polls created by his flailing positions on the economy--perhaps best reflected by his statement days ago that the "fundamentals of the economy are strong"; and perhaps buying more time for Sarah Palin after her embarrassing photo op at the UN yesterday, by moving her debate forward as well.

Here's how it happened, according to Q and A at the WHB:

McCain emailed Bush asking for the 4 P.M. meeting. Now, one reasonably might ask, why is today such a necessity for McCain, if his interest is solely the national good?

Because it is before the debate. McCain hopes to stage a meeting at the White House, thereby, with Bush's cooperation, lending plausibility to his claim to need to suspend his campaign. Then, if Republicans, in their own electoral interest, can be persuaded to come to agreement, before the debate, he would claim--in an act of utter stage management--to have "resolved" the crisis. Thereby hoping to take the heat off on his past careening stances and sliding polls and staunch the bleeding on the polls--before the debate.

This is Kabuki Theatre masquerading as substance--no different than what we saw at the U.N. yesterday.

It is utterly stage managed, utterly cynical, and utterly unrelated to the substantive deliberation necessary to actually resolve these matters on the merits and for our nation's future, rather than for short-term and desperate political advantage.

These occurrences are equally important for what they indicate about McCain's governing style as they are for their impact upon democratic process: impulsive acts that rely on drama and theatrical posture rather than substantive reasoning and long-term deliberation; a strong willingness to sacrifice substantive reasoning, deliberative process, and even prior structures and agreements to immediate political need; an attempt to reach outcomes through last minute stage management rather than substantive argument.

These should create deep concern for anyone who wishes for a change in governmental process from the past eight years.

We have an economy, rather than a campaign, to rescue. Putting nation before politics means putting all attempts to resolve it before political attempts to co opt it--and to move towards one's commitments, rather than towards a more immediate and short-term salvation.

Cite:
Head of State
http://headofstate.blogspot.com/2008/09/mccain-and-bushs-kabuki-theatre-mccain.html

Biden is right and you McCainbots are full of it once again.

McCain rushes back and forth with hysterical Drama Queens antics. He thinks this is a game of Simon Says and he's Simon.

Wrong.

OBAMA IS THE LEADER.

McCAIN IS A LIAR AND A COWARD, trying to hide from his mistakes.

NO, JOHN - YOU CAN'T CANCEL SARAH PALIN'S DEBATE.

COWARD!!!

What a great guy! I love Joe Biden.

Joe Biden is one of the guys who voted to make it harder for people to file bankruptcy. Wouldn't want his contributors (credit card, anyone?) to lose any money. He's a fake. Obama must have told Biden to go throw his longtime friend, McCain, under the bus. Biden lost my vote. Christine O'Donnell U.S Senate 08