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Wednesday Sep 24, 2008
Obama refuses to suspend campaign
I'm watching Barack Obama on CNN right now. He is saying that he won't suspend his campaign right now and that he wants to debate on Friday.
This move doesn't lend much to his lie that he works in a bipartisan fashion.
More updates as things occur.
-Matt Hittle
Posted at 03:54PM Sep 24, 2008 by College Republicans in Presidential Race 2008 | Comments[4]
The president has to deal with multiple things at once, so why not a presidential candidate? It seems that if McCain was ready to be president he could campaign and work on this at the same time.
Posted by taylor poro on September 24, 2008 at 04:09 PM CDT #
Yeah...that's the president's JOB. McCain's and Obama's JOB is to be a US Senator. The presidential election is ancillary to their JOBS.
Posted by Matt Hittle on September 24, 2008 at 06:13 PM CDT #
I can see both sides of this argument. On the one hand if they both show up and everyone works reaching across the aisle then we all have a better chance of a good compromise reached. On the other hand if the democrats back an Obama plan and the Republicans back a McCain plan then there would be a vicious gridlock. Politicizing a process that needs not be political. I think the second is far more likely than the first.
Posted by Dan Smart on September 24, 2008 at 07:12 PM CDT #
Gentlemen, there is no separation of plans. Obama and McCain have very little impact on the debates because neither of them are on a committee of impact.
The only way they do their jobs is by educating themselves on this particular issue and then voting for the final bill. And guess what, they can do that with the internet and a telephone (or just the internet). This is not some great bipartisan act, it's a political ploy, and a shallow one at that.
Posted by Xiao Xi on September 24, 2008 at 07:34 PM CDT #