If He Can Attack Obama, Why Can't He Debate Obama?
If He Can Attack Obama, Why Can't He Debate Obama?
Apparently, even though John McCain doesn't want to debate Barack Obama, he doesn't have any problem attacking him -- even after suspending his presidential campaign.
Here's video from McCain's CBS News interview yesterday. He starts out by earnestly professing his desire suspend his campaign and skip the debates to do the country's business. But he just can't help himself. Within seconds, he's on the warpath, attacking everything in sight, including Barack Obama.
Here's video from McCain's CBS News interview yesterday. He starts out by earnestly professing his desire suspend his campaign and skip the debates to do the country's business. But he just can't help himself. Within seconds, he's on the warpath, attacking everything in sight, including Barack Obama.
McCain's Suspension Pays Off? Ad Removal Could Save Him $1 Million A Day
The McCain campaign is working "feverishly" to take down television advertisements that it is running nationally, according to sources who follow media ad buys. And the move, driven by the Senator's self-enforced suspension of his campaign, could save his candidacy more than a million dollars a day.
Officials from markets across the country reported on Thursday that the McCain campaign had contacted them about temporarily postponing the television slots they had purchased, Evan Tracy of the Campaign Media Analysis Group told Huffington Post. But because of the abruptness of the policy change, the effort was taking time.
"I'm sure it probably took a little bit of time knowing what that exactly means," said Tracy, "and buying television spots is like buying airline tickets, every station has a different policy on what they will cancel."
As a byproduct of the move, the McCain campaign stood to save more than a million dollars a day. On September 23, for example, his campaign spent $1.1 million on 2,600 national ads. Today only a portion of them ran. Tomorrow, Tracy predicted, 90 to 95 percent would be completely off the air.
One Democratic source involved in the ad buy industry suggested that McCain's move was driven by financial as well as political concerns. Saving cash in the interim -- when the race is dominated by economic news and the upcoming debates -- would allow McCain to plow money back into the race during the waning days of the election.
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Officials from markets across the country reported on Thursday that the McCain campaign had contacted them about temporarily postponing the television slots they had purchased, Evan Tracy of the Campaign Media Analysis Group told Huffington Post. But because of the abruptness of the policy change, the effort was taking time.
"I'm sure it probably took a little bit of time knowing what that exactly means," said Tracy, "and buying television spots is like buying airline tickets, every station has a different policy on what they will cancel."
As a byproduct of the move, the McCain campaign stood to save more than a million dollars a day. On September 23, for example, his campaign spent $1.1 million on 2,600 national ads. Today only a portion of them ran. Tomorrow, Tracy predicted, 90 to 95 percent would be completely off the air.
One Democratic source involved in the ad buy industry suggested that McCain's move was driven by financial as well as political concerns. Saving cash in the interim -- when the race is dominated by economic news and the upcoming debates -- would allow McCain to plow money back into the race during the waning days of the election.
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By Bob Cusack
Posted: 09/25/08 12:26 PM [ET]
Republican presidential nominee John McCain has not introduced any banking or housing bills in the 110th Congress, while Democratic rival Barack Obama has proposed five.
Both candidates are traveling to Washington on Thursday to meet with President Bush and congressional leaders to build support for a massive rescue plan for the nation’s ailing economy.
Posted: 09/25/08 12:26 PM [ET]
Republican presidential nominee John McCain has not introduced any banking or housing bills in the 110th Congress, while Democratic rival Barack Obama has proposed five.
Both candidates are traveling to Washington on Thursday to meet with President Bush and congressional leaders to build support for a massive rescue plan for the nation’s ailing economy.
Neither Sen. McCain (Ariz.) nor Sen. Obama (Ill.) sits on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, which is taking the lead in the upper chamber of molding the bailout plan.
McCain is the lead sponsor of 38 pieces of legislation during the 110th Congress, none of which have been referred to the Banking panel, according to a review of Thomas, a congressional website.
Obama has introduced 130 measures during this Congress. Five of Obama’s standalone bills fall within the Banking Committee's jurisdiction.
Obama’s legislation calls for bolstering housing assistance for veterans, amending the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation, halting mortgage transactions that promote fraud, authorizing local and state governments to crack down on companies that invest in Iran's energy sector and authorizing a pilot program to prevent at-risk veterans from becoming homeless.
McCain is the lead sponsor of 38 pieces of legislation during the 110th Congress, none of which have been referred to the Banking panel, according to a review of Thomas, a congressional website.
Obama has introduced 130 measures during this Congress. Five of Obama’s standalone bills fall within the Banking Committee's jurisdiction.
Obama’s legislation calls for bolstering housing assistance for veterans, amending the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 to provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation, halting mortgage transactions that promote fraud, authorizing local and state governments to crack down on companies that invest in Iran's energy sector and authorizing a pilot program to prevent at-risk veterans from becoming homeless.
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