Don't Stop

So this is annoying: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/24/campaign.wrap/index.html.  John McCain is pausing his campaign at exactly the wrong time, and I hope Barak Obama doesn't follow suit.  Honestly, the two of them being in the Senate right now isn't going to make solving the crisis any easier.  And now more than ever, we need them both to campaign so we can choose the right one to be the next president.  We desperately need the debates to put these guys head to head on policies and approaches.  And who is to say when the campaigns start back up?  Two weeks?  Four? We don't have the time.  And we certainly can't choose a president without debates.  It's un-American and would potentially ruin this political season for nerds like me all over the country.

From the PR side of this announcement, it kinda looks like McCain is slow to move and scared to debate Obama.  And yet he's set the perfect PR trap for Obama.  If the Senator from Illinois refuses to suspend his campaign, it will be spun as though he doesn't care about the middle class Americans he's targeted with his ads and speeches.  On that front, well done by the McCain camp.

I've been wondering since last week if and how the candidates would make themselves relevent to the economic conversation.  And with this line in an email just sent by the McCain camp he took at bold step in that direction:

I am calling on the President to convene a meeting with the leadership from both houses of Congress, including Senator Obama and myself. It is time for both parties to come together to solve this problem.

Will it right Wall Street?  Probably not.  But McCain has certainly taken the leadership role here.  Can't wait to see how Obama responds...