Fixing the economy is a job for people IN power, not for people who want power. Its a job for the President.

How slimy can you be? He knows he's going to be torched in the debates and is using the crash as an excuse.

Just show up on Friday and take your beating like a man.

Just like the Georgia fiasco, this couldnt come at a better time for you to show your FAKE leadership... I must admit, if we were playing chess, I would say this was a good move... Put your opponent in a position that you can predict his next move, whilst all the while you have your own agenda...Smokes and Screens...

IMHO, I think that McCain just wasn't ready for the debate which looms large in swing voters opioion and used the economy as a way to stall.

Sounds to me like McCain is afraid to debate Obama considering he is falling like a rock in the polls.

This is a bunch of crap.

Here's the solution to the economic crises – a new government.

So let the debate go forward. The sooner Bush is out of Office, the sooner we can fix the economy.

Oh wait, that won't play well for McCain, will it?

Another "Maverick" move from the man!

The Maverick was a pretty crappy car, wasn't it?

Go Obama! In you I trust-$- Proud West Indian American

If America falls for any of this they will get exactly what they deserve.

Btw the efforts to delay the debate amount to nothing more than trying to keep the Palin- Biden debate overshadowed and under important. They want to delay the first debate so that their first one falls one day after Palin becomes a gaffe machine. I am so sick of this crap. Stop the charade McCain.

If that's the case McCain is just using this as a platform parlour trick to add the illusion to the american people he can be in charge. Well he definately isn't fooling me and I certainly hope the rest of the American people aren't fooled either!!!

Obama/Biden '08

I should think this is not a good idea at this time of his campaign, just a few weeks before the election. He will never be able to catch up, if he's out too long, especially since he's fallen behind now.

It will be interesting to see where this leads.

I LOVE IT!!!! GO OBAMA/BIDEN, THE ELECTION IS YOURS!

This is a time when we the voters need to know how our candidate for the next President are going to handle crisis and is this what we get?

Naw, sorry buddy, you are not getting my vote. It may just be one vote, but it's one vote you won't get.

Obama\Biden can bring prosperity and world standing back to our country.

Believe that and I have an antique bridge spanning lower Manhatten and Brooklyn I'd like to sell you.

while this is a grave situation, there is nothing that McCain can directly do about it.

He is just unprepared for the debate and using the economic crisis as an excuse.

and all of those americans who barely pay attention to what is really going on will see this as the right thing to do. thus playing into McCains hands.

how desperate is he?

Im sure that he will spend 90 minutes of his day napping on Friday when he could be working on this crisis instead of wanting to cancel the 90 minute debate. if he cant handle multi-tasking all of this how can we expect him to be able to multi-task the tasks of the presidency?!

McCain falls behind Obama by 9 points in the most recent polls...Obama is gaining momentum while the market turmoil reigns...so McCain suggest a pause in campaigning...hmmmm

Like Obama once said, McCain's people must think Americans are stupid.

Keep the campaign going and focus on economic issues!!!

Obama/Biden 08

While he is at it, I bet he will postpone Palin's debate as well...hmm.

Please lets elect McCain as our next President

At the same time, if you were up 5 points (9 pts according to ABC poll), I doubt seriously that you'd pull this stunt Senator McCain.
If Governor Palin wasn't failing so much in terms of keeping up the artificial bounce that she helped produce out of the RNC, I doubt this stunt would be pulled.
If you had been preparing for a debate as opposed to trying to shore up red states that should already be in the bag (and you're either being nipped on the heels or behind in), I doubt you'd pull this stunt.

What this looks like to me, Senator McCain, is a desparate act from a candidate who isn't having his way (like two weeks ago with the pig on lipstick moments) where we are all now focused on the issue.
This looks like a moment in time where you've been blasted by Senator Biden with truth and facts regarding your demeanor, and shoot from the hip first and clean up later personality as it relates to feorign policy.
This looks like a diversion (think Ayers, Rezko, Rev. Wright, Paris Hilton, et al).

This looks like a way to get all of us to ignore the fact that your senior campaign manager was on the take up through last month with Fannie Mae and/or Freddie Mac. (okay, that's misleading, let me restate). That is, your campaign manager, Rick Davis, owns a firm and has equity partnership in a firm named Davis Manafort which was paid up through at least July 2008 by Fannie and/or Freddie.
And you said, just this week, that he hadn't had any relationship with them at all since 2005.

So, pardon me for feeling just a little (emphasis on little) empathy for your magnanimous gesture. It really seems like you're playing a game here to try to stave off what is surely a momentum swing for the other team.
I don't see you as being a leader of trying to help (after all, your deregulation attitude alomg with your republican brethern since at least 1995 has helped put us at the brink of a crisis.)

It's amazing to think :
a misguided war in Iraq – pushed by Republicans (tacitly approved by Democrats)
a terrible hurricane Katrina response – while you ate birthday cake, people in New Orleans suffered
Gas prices – spike to highest in history with Cheney's secret energy advisors (still don't know who those people were)
Health Insurance – record 45 million+ without insurance and growing (and you have the nerve to vote against SCHIPS over and over)
Dow Jones – back to the same level as when your Republican brethern, President Bush, took office due to fear of credit crunch (did I already mention deregulation personality disorder you have?)

Gosh, with all of this, no wonder you want to take a breather.

It's very important that we do come together...but this is political pandering at its best. Why not make a joint announcement as Obama suggested? Instead, he makes a HUGE political statement and then calls for a ceasefire...WHAT A JOKE!!!! He thinks we’re all stupid.