Postpone the Debate? LUDICROUS!

Power's back on here in Obama Country (eh, at least our house is Obama Country)...but still taking care of fallen trees, etc. For now, a quick tidbit...

The events of the past several hours--in which Barack Obama called John McCain proposing a bipartisan effort to deal with the $700 billion financial crisis, then McCain called Obama back to accept, and mere minutes later made the second-most calculated political announcement of his campaign (guess what number 1 is), a feigned attempt to make himself appear "bipartisan" by calling for a delay of Friday's debate until a "solution" is agreed upon--is just the latest example of how Barack Obama is the most sincere presidential candidate we've had in decades, and how John McCain is so lost and so desperate that he's willing to play politics at every turn.

Obama, who is popular because of his powerful message and his inclusive policies, didn't come out with a massive press conference to announce how we should all bow down and respect his bipartisanship--he merely acted unselfishly bipartisan, and made a private call to John McCain. And instead of just politely returning the call and accepting the proposal, McCain refused to stop there; rather, he then unveiled the massive press conference to announce how we should all bow down and respect his bipartisanship. On the one hand, you have to admit that it was a pretty smart call, given the fact that McCain has waffled on this crisis constantly, Palin has done nothing but repeat campaign talking points and set up photo-ops, and Barack Obama has proposed solutions and made gains in the polls for his honest work. He was able to steal the spotlight, undercut Obama's true generosity and bipartisanship, and force Obama to back-track and make clear that he was, in fact, the one who started this bipartisan conversartion. On the other hand, it was as slimy and two-faced a move as one can imagine, one that was made purely for political gain--in short, it was signature John McCain, Presidential Candidate.

And so, to address this call for us to "put aside partisan politics and delay the debate," I first must say that McCain is doing nothing if not playing partisan politics. And then I must say that delaying the debate is the most ludicrous proposal I've heard from McCain since he walked out onto the Nutter Center stage and said, "Hey America, how 'bout Sarah Palin for VP?"

At best, the proposal shows complete tunnel vision and an utter lack of the ability to multi-task, a trait any presidential candidate should be anxious to display. At worst, it shows that McCain is trying to avoid a debate that he fears will further bury him in the polls, and perhaps also make his ultra-slim lead in states like Indiana and Ohio disappear.

As for Barack's response, I don't even need to paraphrase it:

"It's my belief that this is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who, in approximately 40 days, will be responsible for dealing with this mess. It's going to be part of the president's job to deal with more than one thing at once."

Nailed it, nailed it, nailed it.

Barack Obama may one day go down as my favorite president of all time.