Phoning It In

By Eric on September 28, 2008

When John McCain announced he was suspending his campaign and coming back to Washington to negotiate the bailout deal, his surrogate Lindsey Graham said “You can’t phone something like this in.”

Then, when McCain was asked this morning why he came back to Washington, he said he came back “because I wasn’t going to phone it in.”

So what is John McCain doing today while he’s off the campaign trail? He’s phoning it in:

Even though his campaign is no longer suspended, John McCain is staying in Washington this weekend to keep working on the bailout legislation. He will not be visiting Capitol Hill, however, preferring to work out of his campaign office. 

“He can effectively do what he needs to do by phone,” said senior adviser Mark Salter. “He’s calling members on both sides, talking to people in the administration, helping out as he can.” 

Why did he have to cancel the debate again? Oh right, so he could rush back to Washington and work on that bailout plan. But now that he’s had the debate, he’ll just wait it out until the rest of the Congress finishes negotiating. Meanwhile, what was Barack Obama up to?

“Today, as John McCain sat in his condominium in Arlington, Sen. Obama spoke directly with more than 20,000 voters in North Carolina as well as Congressman Barney Frank,Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Senator Harry Reid to discuss ongoing negotiations,” said Bill Burton, a spokesman for Obama’s presidential campaign

Talking to the people versus sitting at home and sulking. Which one of those sounds more presidential?

Tags: 2008, bailout, Barack Obama, economy, John McCain, suspension

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