McCain supporters: Do you feel like you have egg on your face since McCain has decided to attend the debate?

He arrived in Washington to find the Democrats working with the Bush Administration to pass an unpopular $700 billion bailout. The Democrats had already cut their deal with Bush. The Dems agreed to the price tag while Bush agreed to special aid to families facing foreclosure, equity for the taxpayers, and limits on executive compensation. But no sooner had McCain arrived than he derailed the deal.

Knowing how unpopular the bailout is with the American people, the Democrats are not about to pass anything without broad Republican support even though their majorities permit them to act alone. Instead of signing on with the Democratic/Bush package, the House Republicans are insisting on replacing the purchase of corporate debt with loans to companies and insurance paid for by the companies, not by the taxpayers. That, of course, is a popular position. McCain would be comfortable to debate this issue division all day. And, if the Dems don鈥檛 cave into the Republican position, that鈥檚 probably exactly what he鈥檒l do on Friday night鈥檚 scheduled debate in Mississippi.

But the Democrats are not about to be stubborn. They know their package is a lemon and need the political cover of Republican support. So the Republicans can write their own ticket鈥nd they will.

These are Dick Morris's words not my own (I'm on his mailing list). So based on this information, is there any reason that we should have egg on our faces simply because McCain is now attending that debate, as so many liberals seem to think?

Thanks!

No egg at all on anyones face except Bush, Pelosi and Reid and the folks that were trying to force feed that deal down our throats.
The deal was not finished at all. Most sources indicate the Democrats announced the ill fated deal to preempt McCains arrival. The deal quickly evaporated before McCain arrived because, as he said, it did not have bipartisan support. The house Republicans were never going to go along. They are now working on an alternative plan.
McCain did help move things along. His presence, unlike Obama's, was productive.
McCain was right to give this problem the attention it deserves.
Weather or not the solution will be more than patch work remains to be seen.
Few people have noticed he did not say they would solve the problem overnight. Pushes to do that are idiotic. We should not be pushed into socializing the entire mortgage industry.
It's now been shown that the deal Bush and the Dem leadership were supporting would also give massive subsidies and a large chunk of potential profits that should go back to tax payers into the hands of ACORN. Hey, isn't that an organization tied to voter fraud, and directly involved in many of the causes of this crisis, and oh yeah Obama and the Dems fingers are all over that supposed "non-partisan" organization.

I think the only one with egg on their face is McCain himself.

His stunt did not work, his supporters are now seeing who/what he is and today there are fewer "undecided" voters than at this time last week.

Thanks to the Bush Administration, the American voter will no longer be duped by such political grandstanding.

The democrats look weak and indecisive as usual. They don't want this thing that they caused to be laid at their feet and they are running to the Republicans to do something so that they can complain later on with inpunity from their followers. We republicans would hold our congressmen and congresswomen accountable, so they know better then to just sign on.

No, I don't fee like I have egg on my face. While John McCain is running for the highest office in this country, he is still a serving Senator of the United States. As a senior senator with influence he felt is was more important at the time to work on this legislation

McCain made matters worse not only by wrecking the process to get a bipartisan bill but he is giving a voice to a bill that will make matters worse. The insurance idea will make it easier for companies to fleece the taxpayer.

McCain did his job. He took a stand and he leveled the playing field.
Country First.....the country needs this debate and McCain knows it.

Obama did his usual tap dancing to avoid taking a stand or committing himself and essentially voted........"present"

I agree completely. If the bailout is a horrendous failure, guess who's going to be at fault? Suddenly the party for the common man is the party of the rich and powerful.

Please don't let Obama influence you, he has that talent. McCain WILL win and he has to appease the left in order to win (hint hint). Dont worry we will put America back on its track.

God Bless America and Freeeeeeeeeeeeedom.

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His Campaign has said he didn't help anything and he needed to get out of town.

Yes, you should have pie on your face instead.

No, of course not -- McCain saw a problem larger than his becoming President that he felt needed his attention. It's called LEADERSHIP, something Mr. Perfect has yet to discover, much less master.

You lost me after the first paragraph, all that chatter, not saying anything.

McCain tried to pull some political grandstanding and it back-fired. Period.

Nope. I stopped putting egg on my face when I found a good Olay moisturizer I liked. :)

The Republicans should have been writing a plan from day one. That is how the process works. Why did they wait so long??????????

I'll answer No
but I think you gave your own self an answer, two paragraphs ago.

there isnt much dif betwen Mccain and Obama....

No. He's damned by these people no matter what he does or doesn't do. Let's wait and see how this all plays out.

Yeah, but that's just because I'm a sloppy eater, it has nothing to do with the debate.

I think your sexy.

Whatever you say goes.

I love McCain

The only thing I have on my face is a SMILE!

no

McCain goes to Washington to get the bailout package worked on and comes off showing like a knight in shining armor. (So that's the theory)

But instead what he showed was that he showed such "leadership" over his fellow Republicans that they scuttled the plan even after his heroic last minute effort to get the plan approved. So much for his leadership when he can't even get his own party to listen to him.

And now he's going back to the debate reversing yet another decision to go there with no bailout plan and nothing to show for his "heroics".

Whoever McCain has for his advisor should get fired for this and Palin nomination. What was he thinking?

No, there is no egg on my face, just a great big smile. McCain stepped up to the plate and hit the ball. It remains to be seen if it's a home-run or just a base run. But at least he was/is willing to take a stand and it doesn't matter to him if its popular or not. Obama on the other hand won't even step up to the plate unless he's ordered there. I can't hardly wait to see McCain wipe the floor with him tonight.

Thank you for the thought out question. Finally somebody. Of course no egg on anyone's face. The man went there and did his job as a U.S. Senator. He showed up suited and ready to take on the issue at hand. True to himself and his word always. These folks are going to spin ANY and EVERY thing he does (albeit poorly) to serve their own purposes. They wouldn't dare see anything beyond the periphery of their own view and will villify anyone that opposes them.

No... I had a hunch he would be at the debates anyway... as far as grandstanding... maybe that was what he was thinking and maybe not... we don't know for sure what was in his head.. for all we know it could have been for the sake of him being a Senator and trying to do his job... who are we to judge what his true motives were for "rushing" off to D.C.... Personally, I am not going to hold it against him nor am I going to be embarassed by it...

Nobody wants to give these corporations 700 billion dollars. The republican plan may be cheaper and more popular, but it also has a greater chance of failing to save the corporations. This is a legitimate debate. From what I read, the Republicans were on board with the administrations/democrats plan initially. It seems like McCain interjected himself into this process late in the day to derail it only to score political points, which is fine, that is what presidential politics is about. Except the stakes are way too high for this type of political grandstanding