With new polls showing his campaign dead in the water among California Republicans, Arizona Sen. John McCain has pulled out of a long-scheduled debate with Texas Gov. George Bush, set for Thursday in Los Angeles.
McCain campaign officials tried desperately yesterday to put the best face on their withdrawal, even as a new Field Poll showed Bush far ahead among likely Republican voters in the winner-take-all race for the state’s 162 GOP delegates.
Top campaign officials attributed McCain’s decision to Bush’s earlier reluctance to appear at the debate.
“We had agreed to do this debate a long time ago, and Gov. Bush said he wasn’t going to do it,” McCain spokesman Howard Opinsky said yesterday. “We aren’t going to hold our schedule together forever.”
But Opinsky said McCain will debate Bush on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday, a national TV show that will reach millions of Americans.
Still, just last week, the McCain campaign was openly derisive of Bush’s reluctance to commit to a California debate — and promised its own candidate would be there.
Day: September 26, 2008
Listen to Yourself
From xkcd.
Question of the Day
Part 1.
Is there going to be a debate tonight?
Part 2.
Should I open up a Cynichat for live discussion of the debate or just post an open thread?
Part 3.
Swedish Twins Cause Mayhem on Motorway.
Some really scary footage of sisters who keep dodging into traffic. It took six people to subdue one of the women.
(via Arbroath)
A Little Camera Shy
(via Arbroath)
Daily Dose of Ingersoll
No intelligent person now believes that devils inhabit the
bodies of men. No intelligent person now believes that devils are
trying to control the actions of men. No intelligent person now
believes that devils exist.Robert Green Ingersoll – “Which Way” (1884)