Steve Schmidt claims bailout credit for McCain

[maddezmom]

McCain claims bailout credit
By MIKE ALLEN | 9/28/08 9:42 AM EDT Text Size:



Previewing a McCain campaign message for the days ahead, top strategist Steve Schmidt claimed Sunday that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is responsible for the tentative agreement on a mortgage bailout that congressional leaders announced shortly after midnight.

Schmidt was appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press” with David Axelrod, the Obama campaign’s chief strategist, who ridiculed the McCain claim as “a little bit of fiction.”

McCain initially took a low-profile role in the bailout debate, saying little at a White House meeting and not even saying which version he favored. His campaign released a list of 17 phone calls he had made on Saturday, from President Bush 11 House members.

Schmidt argued: “Earlier in the week, when Senator McCain came back to Washington, there had been no deal reached. … What Senator McCain was able to do was to help bring all the parties to the table, including the House Republicans.”


more:http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/14032.html

But McCain isn't even sure he supports ityet....He hopes to support it or so he says. So was he for it before he wasn't sure he was for it? :crazy:

McCain says hopes to support bailout plan
Edited on Sun Sep-28-08 09:13 AM by maddezmom
Source: Reuters

McCain says hopes to support bailout plan
Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:48am

WASHINGTON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain said on Sunday he hoped to support a $700 billion Wall Street bailout package that has been brokered by the Bush administration and the U.S. Congress.

"Hopefully yes," the Arizona senator said when asked whether he would support the deal.

"This is something that all of us will swallow hard and go forward with," he said on the ABC television network. "The option of doing nothing is simply not an acceptable option."

McCain said the principles that he had laid out for such a deal had been met, including taxpayer protection, an oversight body, and provisions that prevented excessive compensation for corporate chief executives.

McCain said he would consider another stimulus package to help the economy but indicated the last one had not been very successful.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=3515898&mesg_id=3515898

[spanone]

1. that was the whole purpose of thursdays dog & pony show

[JI7]

2. these people are so full of crap

McCain did nothing and if anyone deserves credit from the presidential candidates it's Obama.

[godai]

3. MCCain (ABC) - I don't want any credit...Let others decide.

This is clearly the talking point. McCain surrogates will be all over the place tomorrow, claiming McCain saved the day while he 'humbly' allows others to give him the unjustified credit.

[central scrutinizer]

4. way to play both sides

I am responsible for the agreement, but I may not be in favor of it. This sounds a lot like a waffle - "I was for it before I was against it" kind of stance. Kind of like his stance on a whole bunch of legislation bearing his name.