mccain is suspending his campaign

[kagenaki koe]

this is the visual i had in mind of McCain's stunt (44 seconds in):



"I'm a soldier man, i've been trained for combat...."

[Troy McClure]

Just found a few links on Huffington Post and Drudge Report about David Letterman's taping for tonight's show.

Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/0..._n_128998.html

Drudge: http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3cbm.htm


Letterman:
"In the middle of the taping Dave got word that McCain was, in fact just down the street being interviewed by Katie Couric. Dave even cut over to the live video of the interview, and said, "Hey Senator, can I give you a ride home?"
Earlier in the show, Dave kept saying, "You don't suspend your campaign. This doesn't smell right. This isn't the way a tested hero behaves." And he joked: "I think someone's putting something in his metamucil."

"He can't run the campaign because the economy is cratering? Fine, put in your second string quarterback, Sarah Palin. Where is she?"

"What are you going to do if you're elected and things get tough? Suspend being president? We've got a guy like that now!"


Jason

[cured]

A grouping of Letterman clips from tonight can be seen ehre:

[jOHN rODRIGUEZ]

I wish they've discuss what to be done with me.

Just kidding. lol

[kagenaki koe]

Obama should just show him up by going to washington AND going to the debates.

[gambit]

Originally Posted by kagenaki koe

Obama should just show him up by going to washington AND going to the debates.

Yep, he's going to do that. He accepted Bush's invitation to come back to Washington tomorrow.

[cacophony]

my gut tells me that obama's response was perfect. the line about being able to multitask is not only correct, but it's a fantastic soundbite. and the rest of the democratic party have gotten very in-sync with their messaging, using the phrase "injecting presidential politics" whenever discussing mccain's maneuver.

it's so strange to see the democrats so well coordinated. staying on message is usually the party's weakness.

also, here's a transcript of david letterman's response to mccain's cancellation. but it's not the transcript i thought was interesting. what i found interesting were the comments at the end of the article. usually what you'd have is extremely defensive and polarized trolling, sort of the "my guy rulez, ur guy sux" variety. instead there are clearly republicans responding negatively to letterman's rant, but showing some doubts about mccain's actions at the same time. more than one, "i don't agree with what mccain did, but letterman should shut up" kind of statement.

makes me wonder what he's just done to his base's confidence.