SHOULD THE OLE MISS DEBATE TAKE PLACE?

September 26, 2008 By 2 Comments

The 700 billion dollar bailout plan has not been ironed out.  Earlier this week, the hope was that the bill would be passed Friday.  Senator John says he will not debate Senator Barack Obama if the plan is not finalized.  The debate at Ole Miss would be the first of the verbal match ups between the two presidential candidates.   Senator Barack Obama is holding firm to going to Ole Miss for the debate that will focus on foreign policy.  The economy was the topic set for the second debate between the two.  Critics say the current economic situation goes hand in hand with foreign policy.  Do you think the two  White House contenders should hold the first debate?  Should the debate be postponed?
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  1. ramonaturner says:
    September 26, 2008 at 12:52 pm

    I just read on Washingtonpost.com that John McCain will be in Mississippi this evening for the debate. Personally, I thought his reasons for backing out were not valid enough. The debate should continue to be held because Americans need to know how the next President plans on handling and dealing with this mess that we are in.

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  2. LT says:
    September 26, 2008 at 10:15 am

    I was watching The Today Show on NBC this morning when at 9:37 AM ET: “NBC News Special Report: President Bush Statement On The Economy.” breaks into normal programming.

    Bush spoke. Bush took no questions. Bush left the mic. OK, that was short. I think President Bush spoke a grand total of 3 minutes. In reference to the bailout plan he just said, “We Are Going To Get This Package Passed. The Process May Not Be Pretty.” He said several other short lines, then he walked away from the mic and that was it. OK. Alrighty, then. Is that considered to be “Softening The Blow” before the hammer comes down?

    To your questions: I think that the two White House contenders should hold the first debate tonight as planned and simply switch to focusing it on The Economy.

    Though this is politics going on because of the race, I agree with Barack that at this point, they should not inject politics into this because in my opinion, it comes off as bad form when you have a national crises in our laps.

    I am not getting why it is a big deal to simply change the topic to what is going on now in “real time” as we speak. (Aside from the reason that it’s proving McCain feels not qualified to speak on the economy!)

    Why cannot they speak on the most pressing issue of the moment, the economy? What rule says they have to stay “locked in” to the particular order of topics for each debate when that was most likely decided and agreed upon weeks if not months ago? Things change. Let’s focus on what is currently at hand. It is what it is.

    I do not think tonight’s debate should be postponed. Again, I think they should proceed and deal with The Economy. Debate #2 can be Foreign Policy and Debate #3 can be what is was planned to be.

    If push comes to shove and McCain still will not show tonight, I think Barack should take advantage of the forum and at the least of it hold a different kind of forum and let those who are and were allowed inside to voice their concerns on the economy and let Barack field questions and let’s hear what he has to say. I would even open up the phone lines and take internet questions via the net.

    I would leave the forum open for the entire 90 minutes that if McCain wants to chime in via video, phone, etc. then that is fine. I would not close it off to him. I would leave it open to him.

    McCain it sounds like is trying to look like “the better man” in this situation by staying in D.C.

    They had their meeting with Bush yesterday and it is being handled by the financial experts in D.C. with the Prez, so what else can they add between now and start time of the debate?

    We’re talking a 90 minute debate at the end of the day. Message to McCain and his camp: Debate on The Economy and move on!

    ~LT

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