I would hate to be a McCain staffer tonight. Imagine if the suspension was your

[Fuzz]

idea or you agreed with it and you've watched how it was being covered in the media since you made that announcement.

You know McCain has GOT to be fuming right now.

Going to be a fun couple of days.

[tekisui]

1. Will he have to announce it "Un-suspended" to participate in the debate?

[Fuzz]

4. He's going to have to show up. It's going to look bad.

He'll make some pronouncement that Obama would rather play politics than deal with the big issues, but people already see though that.

He's caught between a rock and a hard place at this point.

[cyberpj]

2. It HAS to be Rove.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

3. Obama clocked him

That line about "the people should know their President can do more than one thing at a time" was about the coolest shiv move I've ever seen........................

[Fuzz]

6. It made the point well.

[ComtesseDeSpair]

12. I agree...

I think Obama should go even further with that line and say something like, "If McCain needs to stop and spend several days concentrating on one issue at a time like this, he's not going to be able to handle the presidency. As a president, you need to be able to handle multiple crises at a time or nothing will get accomplished." Oh, what a burn that would be!

[Tangerine LaBamba]

13. Welcome to DU!

But, no, I disagree. What Obama left unsaid was far more powerful than anything he might have said.

Like Van Gogh said, "You look for what's not there, and then you paint it."

Or, from "Goodfellas," "They bring a knife, we bring a gun."

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. McCain's in a drug induced stupor.

His staffers are in a drug induced belief that this was a good idea.

[MadrasT]

7. Aw, come on. Look at his track record.

By tomorrow morning, he'll be campaigning again. :shrug:

[billyoc]

8. ...and talking about how his "suspension" remarks were taken out of context.

:eyes:

[Fuzz]

10. Lol.

[TexasObserver]

9. How much time off does McCain need to be ready to say "I was a POW ...."

[malaise]

11. I get the feeling that McPOW is running from Rick Davis

faster than Usain Bolt. The campaign is a total and complete clusterfuck at this time.

[Jack_Dawson]

14. How is it being covered?

Signed, West Coast