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	Name:	MartiniMan -
	Subject:	Question for McCain supporters
	Date:	9/25/2008 10:25:55 AM

There are two ways to look at this and I suspect that depending on who you are supporting you will fall one way or the other:

THE CYNIC: Because of the economic issues that have taken the forefront in the news cycle, and because economic issues have historically favored Democrats, Obama was surging ahead in the polls. Team McCain sees this, believes unless something dramatic happens they will lose, and decide on this course of action.

THE OPTIMIST: McCain, being his usual maverick self and as with his position on Iraq (I would rather win the war and lose and election) recognizes the severity of the situation and sees that Congress is not getting it done and decides this is more important to help resolve congressional action and avert a deepening of the problem.

You choose. But either way this puts Obama in a difficult position. If he abandons the campaign and returns to Washington he looks like he is following rather than leading. If he stays away and McCain is actually successful in moving things along and the markets respond favorably then McCain strips the economic advantage away from Obama and this in hindsight would be seen as a turning point in the election. Either way you look at this Obama looks indecisive and seems like he lacks leadership skills and political acumen.

The fact is I think he has no choice but to return to Washington because he simply cannot afford to let McCain wrest away the advantage on the economy. The mainstream media, being their usual sycophantic in the tank for Oabama selves (sorry, I couldn't help the editorializing) can certainly eliminate the impression that he is following McCain's lead.

For those of you that are on the fence, and assuming you can temper the natural cynicism with regard to politics, this may give you some pause about Obama. It certainly reinforces for me why I think he is the wrong person for the job.

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