Originally Posted By: whomod
There is yet more reason as to why McCain is trying to duck out of the debate. The first debate, far from being all about foreign policy, will have an economic focus -- and the campaigns knew that last week. Further evidence that this is all just a political stunt by McCain:

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How could Jim Lehrer, a newsman, not ask about the economy?

Well, he will.

A senior Obama adviser says that the CPD has told both campaigns that there will be questions about the economic crisis during Friday's debate.

They were told this last week...


Last week. McCain knew last week that the first debate would give the candidates a chance to discuss the economic situation on national t.v. with a huge audience. He doesn't want that. He prefers the drama.

McCain's erratic behavior gets more disturbing by the hour. But regardless, there will be an event tomorrow night in Oxford, Mississippi with or without John McCain

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Sam Stein:

Barack Obama is committed to hosting a public, televised event Friday night in Mississippi even if John McCain does not show up, an official close to the Obama campaign tells the Huffington Post.

In McCain's absence, the Senator is willing to make the scheduled debate a townhall meeting, a one-on-one interview with NewsHour's Jim Lehrer, or the combination of the two, the official said.

Such a course of action could make life incredibly difficult for McCain, who has called for the suspension of the debate in light of the current economic crisis. Should he stay in Washington D.C. -- if a bailout is not completed by then -- and let Obama alone reach tens of millions of television viewers?

A lot, of course, depends upon what the debate commission decides to do. At this point in time, there is no indication that they are going to postpone the affair, as the McCain campaign has asked.


This gambit from McCain didn't work either.

It's amazing how desperate McCain is and has been for "town hall" style events. The only type of event that he's excelled at in the past. Which is why he's been so adamant about wanting to commit Obama to that type of event and not just a standard moderated one with an actual reporter asking tough questions.

So McCain is finally getting Obama at a town Hall debate. Only without him there.



Sincerely, retarded fucknut.

November 6th, 2012: Americas new Independence Day.