OMG now White House has invited McCain and Obama to mtg tomorrow...

[Doityourself]

they are pulling all kinds of bullshit..


Per Olberman

[godai]

1. No surprise. It's all being coordinated.

The Repubs are all working in concert on this. McCain wouldn't have raised the WH meeting without knowing that it would be proposed later.

[IndyOp]

2. WTF? I just heard that and my jaw dropped.

Really? What the heck happens now? What should Obama do? If you are summoned by the White House to come to a meeting tomorrow then you virtually have to go, but how does he do it and appear in command? Can they move the debate to Washington? Geez.

Obama's spine of steel is going to come in handy here.

[orestes]

Why would they need to move the location of Fridays debate

for a meeting on Thursday?

[IndyOp]

25. The possibility that there will be a vote on decent bail-out bill on Friday

and both will want to be in town to vote on it before the debate so that neither can be accused of failing to take action in a crisis. By decent bail-out bill I mean one that fits all of Obama's requirements plus Bernie Sanders and Dennis Kucinich's and...

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

23. Obama should just remind them of this:

[anigbrowl]

29. And indeed:

We now return you to your regularly scheduled DU.

[suffragette]

3. This is a totally orchestrated ploy by the GOP

Next will be McCain "persuading" "reluctant" Republicans to agree to the modified plan the Democrats have put together - with some modifications, of course.

Total BS.

[godai]

6. Sure, Bush's speech is the next step.

I'm sure that he'll mention the WH invitation.

[Cha]

17. I posted too in

another thread.

[suffragette]

32. Yep, I'm sure he will, too

They are colluding to try to make McCain out to be a leader.
They will also use this (in spite of this clear collusion) to present McCain as independent and willing to disagree with Bush on the approach.

I feel like I'm watching a badly written play.

I do think Obama is a great chess player and I hope he and the Democrats outmaneuver them.

[Alhena]

4. He has to accept that invite, but still show up at the debate

[jazzjunkysue]

18. Nope. Let Gramps get photos with the great Monkeyboy.

Barack should not fall for this.

[godai]

21. No, maybe indicate Reid is the Democratic Senatorial spokesman.

Obama can continue to say that presidential politics must be kept out of these delicate negotiations.

[jenmito]

27. He HAS accepted according to Keith.

[progressive_realist]

5. This would be the meeting where they try to cut Obama in on the deal.

Since it is obvious he is going to win. How much of the $700B do you think they will offer him? I hope he brings a tape recorder...

[samuraiguppy]

7. ha--I thought McCain had been trying to

distance himself from the least popular president EVER. Is it going to help him to have pictues of the two of them together? I don't think so.

Obama--please stay far away from Bush and his White House. It will be yours in a few months anyway.

[WeDidIt]

8. Simple answer to the invite. Show up

When it turns out to be bullshit, WALK OUT.

[bdamomma]

9. this sinks to high heaven.

they are trying to sell this financial 9/11 shock and awe to all of us, they want the money, total BS, they did it with the Iraq invasion, Patriot Act, FISA bill now this.

They insult the American people.

[jaxx]

10. When I saw McSame on tv today I thought, what a pompous ass.

Good for Obama standing up and saying a president has to do more than one thing at a time. Now dubya will do his best imminent danger speech tonight to try to make people go along with his grab of $700b answerable to no one. Kick him to the curb Barack.

I'm surprised they want to meet with him, or is it they want his name on their page?

[rzemanfl]

11. If Bush invited me to visit the White House, I would tell him to

shove his invitation up his ass. Keith just said Obama agreed to the meeting. Time to fire up that big jet with his name on it.

[deadparrot]

12. The debate isn't tomorrow.

I don't think it's going to hurt him any to show up and at least see what they have to say.

[Neecy]

13. Keith just said Obama has accepted

[bdamomma]

14. it was just mentioned that Obama will attend tomorrow.

let's see if Obama can smell many rats.

[Lint Head]

15. Why would Obama want to talk to the lying prick that caused this

mess? :dem:

[Obamarulz11]

16. Olbermann said that Obama agreed.

[MelSC]

19. WTF is going on?

This is just bizarre!

[godai]

22. rovian politics n/t

[Willo]

20. This is not good.

Is Bush going to threaten him and/or reveal some things Obama can't relay but will have to relent?

I don't like this at all.

[dansolo]

26. It is a meeting with Congressional leaders

Bush won't be able to play any games, there will be plenty of witnesses.

[Erin Elizabeth]

24. Obama gains nothing by refusing to go

and he loses nothing by going.

Obama didn't call the meeting--Bush did. All he has to do is sit there and listen and take mental notes. However, I'm sure it's already occurred to Obama and his people to be very careful about mixing up campaign stuff and the current job stuff.

[deadparrot]

31. Precisely.

The obsessive handwringing around here drives me nuts.

[maxsolomon]

28. he'll go, but i'd advise against any photo ops

be seen arriving at the last possible second, and then leaving immediately after. hold presser off-site, say at his office.

defer to senate leadership. looking forward to the debate in mississippi.

[leftrightwingnut]

30. What say ye now, naysayers of like, down-rated threads?

Looks more and more like it's coordinated...

[Parker CA]

33. It's got Rove's hands all over it.

Bush will convene the congressional heads as well as Obama and the liar tomorrow and insist that they work through the end of the week (including Friday when the debate is going to be scheduled) to reach a resolution as soon as possible. He will make clear in his speech tonight that he believes this is a "crisis" and that all hands on deck need to attend to the impending doom and gloom being spouted by all of the RW talkers.

Obama will be left in a tight spot in regards to his insistence on the debates, but he definitely has the skills to negotiate his way through this mess.

Time for Obama to use his queen and put that bitch McLiar in check mate.

[IDemo]

34. McSame will schedule a 'major speech' to coincide with the end of the meeting

"My friends, under the guidance of myself, President Bush, and myself, we have reached what we feel, my friends, is a wise course of action. Oh, and my thanks to those congressional members of the Democrat Party and Senator Obama, who also played a minor part, along with myself, in this solution."