http://trainwreckpolitics.com/2008/09/24/why-mccain-suspended-his-campaign-and-what-obama-should-do/ Train Wreck Politics-- a collection of humor, cynicism, pop culture, and semi-serious commentary-- is the 1,000,000th political blog to go online in 2008. Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:19:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://trainwreckpolitics.com/2008/09/24/why-mccain-suspended-his-campaign-and-what-obama-should-do/comment-page-1/#comment-699 Griffin Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:16:08 +0000 http://trainwreckpolitics.com/2008/09/24/why-mccain-suspended-his-campaign-and-what-obama-should-do/#comment-699 Thanks for reading, Andrew. Looks like McCain realized the political risk posed by this latest stunt and has caved to the pressure. He'll be at the debate tonight. Thanks for reading, Andrew. Looks like McCain realized the political risk posed by this latest stunt and has caved to the pressure. He’ll be at the debate tonight.

]]> http://trainwreckpolitics.com/2008/09/24/why-mccain-suspended-his-campaign-and-what-obama-should-do/comment-page-1/#comment-693 Andrew Hunt Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:23:01 +0000 http://trainwreckpolitics.com/2008/09/24/why-mccain-suspended-his-campaign-and-what-obama-should-do/#comment-693 This is a very insightful post -- balanced, thoughtful, thought-provoking. It helped me reevaluate my position on McCain. My initial reaction was that McCain was committing political suicide. I'm not sure I've changed my mind as a result of reading this post, but you raised excellent points here. My reason for thinking that McCain is committing political suicide is that they're not going to solve this crisis by the time of Election Day. McCain will disappear off the campaign radar (people won't pay much attention to what he's doing in Washington), Obama will appear to most people to be more decisive and not necessarily selfish, and McCain's gamble -- bold as it may seem -- will likely backfire. I might be wrong. But that's my prediction. Thanks for the great post! This is a very insightful post — balanced, thoughtful, thought-provoking. It helped me reevaluate my position on McCain. My initial reaction was that McCain was committing political suicide. I’m not sure I’ve changed my mind as a result of reading this post, but you raised excellent points here. My reason for thinking that McCain is committing political suicide is that they’re not going to solve this crisis by the time of Election Day. McCain will disappear off the campaign radar (people won’t pay much attention to what he’s doing in Washington), Obama will appear to most people to be more decisive and not necessarily selfish, and McCain’s gamble — bold as it may seem — will likely backfire. I might be wrong. But that’s my prediction. Thanks for the great post!

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