When I was going to write this post earlier tonight, I would have said the campaign suspension was going to help the McCain campaign, at least in the short term. I think it’d only have more lasting impacts if Obama was going to stay completely away.
But now that the President has recalled both McCain and Obama to the White House, combined with Bush’s speech, that’s what the news cycles will be talking about tomorrow. The suspension could still be a slight win for McCain if he keys in on it whenever they end up having a debate on economic issues. It could end up still being a wash, though, if Obama is successful in targeting Republicans as the architects of this mess.
To be quite honest, I don’t know if this helps McCain or not for sure. He can go to Washington and provide all the input he wants, but he’s still not a member of the committee the bill is being crafted out of, nor is Obama (remember?). He can debate all he wants when it gets to the floor, though, which may be sooner than later (see my next entry).
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