Some one please tell me what Obama is going to do for 90 minutes tomorrow by himself?

[Bensthename]

I think McCain is not going to show. He did the same thing in 2000 to Bush (though it did not work out for him obviously).


McCain is going for an extreme Hail Mary pass.
He figures at this pace his poll numbers will continue falling, Palin has turned into a complete joke, Obama will win on Economy and that issue isn't going any where, tomorrow was to be his war mongering night, etc.. His campaign is falling apart.

If he takes all of the attention on this and makes it out like he saved the day, some people might believe that shit.
And he's banking on it.

[UndertheOcean]

1. He really did the same thing to bush ?

[Bensthename]

8. Sure did, exact same thing here:

McCain Backs Out of Debate In California
Bush campaign claims senator is abandoning state

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/02/28/MN62687.DTL

[Boz]

24. Bush Senior did the same thing to Bill Clinton in 92

[Triana]

2. Town Hall...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7184242&mesg_id=7184264

[UndertheOcean]

3. dupe

[liberalmuse]

4. Very few people believe McCain's shit.

And those who claim to are lying to themselves.

[RichGirl]

10. The Maverick is becoming more and more...

...of an erratic, confused old man! Maybe all of his maverick like actions were really the result of not knowing what the hell is going on!

[RichGirl]

5. He will be his usual gorgeous...

...intelligent self. He'll talk to the public and explain how he can walk and chew gum at the same time. He'll turn it into a town hall and take questions.

[Clovis Sangrail]

6. it could be great for Obama

90 minutes for him to talk to a very big audience about who he is and why he want to be president

[RichGirl]

11. On Primetime!

[AkFemDem]

20. For free!

[vaberella]

7. If McCain doesn't show....it will be like all his rallies and will take questions and give answers.

n/t

[1corona4u]

9. Win over skeptical voters...or undecided's...

That's what I hope he does.

[gcomeau]

12. What is he going to do?

How about spend as much of it as he wants explaining this to the entire country:



And then going home and getting a good night's sleep because the election will be over.

[MrModerate]

13. I understand that the rules require 2 candidates, so if McCain doesn't show . . .

No debate:

. . . A common misconception is that the 90-minute debate would feature Obama, moderator Jim Lehrer and an empty chair if McCain clung to his resolve to stay in Washington. But such a scene -- frequently invoked by talk-radio hosts and bloggers -- is about the only thing guaranteed not to happen on Friday night. "The law requires that there must be two candidates for a debate," said Fahrenkopf, a former GOP national chairman, who helped establish the bipartisan debate commission in 1986. "If we did anything else, we would be making an in-kind contribution to the Obama campaign."

More at: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/26/debate_flux/ (subscription or ad-watching required)

[BlooInBloo]

15. (shrug) So they re-badge it as a townhall meeting with Obama.

[On the Road]

27. Ooh, Hadn't Thought of That

but couldn't it be argued that it was a two-party where one person simply didn't show, and could go ahead of that basis?

[Mojambo]

14. McCain is GOING to be there

I mean, I hope he doesn't show, because it'll be the end of his campaign. But he'll be there.

[Matariki]

30. I HOPE he does show.

I'm looking forward to his extreme drubbing. Plus we have a drinking game planned.

[spanone]

16. he can talk to america then leave the stage to john mcidiot

[saltpoint]

17. If McCain doesn't show, Obama could invite Letterman down for

an extended chat.

[defendandprotect]

18. Town hall meeting ---

[The_Casual_Observer]

19. What's the difference if mcain shows up or not?

[barack the house]

21. He can slate McCain for being weak on everything including turning up for a debate he can bring on >

Biden and introduce him as the great VP candidate he is. Obama can bascially make his case to America uninterupted.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

22. He will own the room and everyone in it

because that's how he rolls.

[quantass]

23. McCain WILL show up -- This is a pattern -- This was just a stunt to get attention...now he can go

in and blah blah about how he has a "record" of showing he was trying to help the people in a crisis by being on the brink of not showing up. He will show up..mark my words.

[Secret_Society]

25. This is like that West Wing episode

when President Bartlet walked to a meeting with Congress and the leadership didn't let him in. Obama will look like the leader ready to speak to the American people while McCain cowers in a corner while he takes a time out. Show up or not, this gamble did not work. He is DONE.

[WinkyDink]

26. Speak? Describe? Orate? Delineate? Posit?

[grantcart]

28. A lecture on the constitution - there will be a test afterwards

[Borgnine]

29. I'm hoping for a magic show.

[lamp_shade]

31. I don't think he'll show even WITH an agreement. Reason?

Because Obama wouldn't do 10 townhall meetings with him. I'm dead serious.

[MichDem10]

32. 90 minute chat with 60 million voters.

[Frank Cannon]

34. Starring a likable guy who actually has his shit together n/t

[Essene]

33. Make a cell phone call to John Mccain and ask what he's up to at 9pm on a friday night?

[OneGrassRoot]

35. Obama could invite Letterman to warm up the crowd! n/t

[livedemocarticordie]

36. regardless

wHATEVER BARACK SAYS I WILL BE LISTENING. Hey he can have a 90 minute press conference for all I care. Can't wait for this to play out.

The bottom line is, unless you are among the etxreme pro mccain base---this is a no winner, pure lose lose for mccain. He looks erratic, crazy and cowardly. And if you dont think the press--the 800 lb gorilla operation in the room is not going to handily skewer this guy for bailing you are wrong.

[michaz]

37. He is going to speak to this country as a president should. He will

give us his plan to work on this mess! He will show this country that the one person that is missing is the same one that has been "missing" for years now. He will show us that we don't "miss" McCain and that he is not needed. We will hear intelligence and not the ridiculous rantings of a confused, flip-flopping, card reading fool. Trust me, it will be a breath of fresh air!

[mmonk]

38. I would take the time to explain how people like those connected

to McCain have brought our country to this point.

[moriah]

39. Hopefully he and Biden can use the free 90 minutes as a campaign speech/program

Use the time to actually discuss how this economy issue will affect national security. Because even though lots of people don't like what Bill said, he was right about this:

Preparing to mortgage our country to China WILL be a security issue.

Let's just hope they don't decide that China deserves some kind of "security interest" in the loans.