Barney Frank, Mickey Edwards, more on proposal to stop debates before McCain loses by a landslide

[chicagoexpat]

It is going to be part of the president’s job to deal with more than one thing at once.
– Senator Barack Obama

Oh, brother. What idiot came up with this stunt? It ranks somewhere on the stupidity scale between plain silly and numbingly desperate.
– Mickey Edwards, Princeton lecturer and former Republican congressman


It’s the longest hail mary pass in the history of football. Or the history of hail marys.
– Rep. Barney Frank, someone actually involved in cleaning up this mess

Senator McCain’s move to suspend his campaign and call for delay in the debate has to raise an eyebrow. It would be one thing if we were in genuine gridlock. We are not. We are in the midst of tough end-game negotiations. If they were to fail, and the markets reacted badly, that would be the time to suspend campaigns and suspend debates. Substantively, and outside the realm of narrow presidential politics 41 days before the election.

This move has to be seen with some skepticism.
-- Norman J. Ornstein, Resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute

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1. it might make sense if he were a key member of congress

like chair of the finance committee or minority leader. but he's a nothing, particularly on this issue.

[chicagoexpat]

4. He's key when it comes to making sure there's no oversight

Them lobbyists paid good money to McCain's people in order to rip off people, and they want a return on their investment

[mckara]

2. Yep, This is McCain Trying to Appear Relevant!

n/t

[chicagoexpat]

5. A faint hope, which is why he threw a hail mary

[JBoy]

3. K&R. Some great quotes in there.

[chicagoexpat]

6. thanks