John McCain wants to postpone the debate in order to focus on the economic crisis. Barack Obama’s campaign has let it be known that they’d like to continue with the debate.
Other than feeling like perhaps someone hasn’t done his homework yet… I’d like to be reassured that the future president can multi-task under pressure. There’s no guaranty only one crisis or important nation event will occur at a time. In fact, I can promise you that we’ll be dealing with multiple big, bad problems for quite a while in the future.
I’m all for stopping the ads (please!) and rallies but the debate Friday is a critical opportunity for the electorate to view and judge their options. Personally, I think the debate Friday night is perfectly timed. The biggest issues in this election are more critical than ever. I want to hear you talk about them now, not three weeks from now. Of course, in the timeliness there’s risk because you might not say the perfect, politically safe and sound thing - I’m all for that too. Prove to me you’re intelligent human beings whose every word hasn’t been written by scriptwriters, advisers and lawyers.
Time to step it up and work even harder, gentlemen. Which ever of you gets to the White House will look back on this crunch time with a new perspective and laugh at how easy it was compared to what the presidency requires. I assure you this month is nothing compared to what awaits the winner at the end of the road. If you’re feeling worn out and spread too thin already, that’s not a good sign.
tags: election, mccain, obama, politics, presidential debates
