Jeffrey Toobin was on CNN last night and pointed out the obvious fact that John McCain never really suspended his campaign:
Even Mike Huckabee didn’t buy into the gambit:
MOBILE, Ala. — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Thursday that Sen. John McCain made a “huge mistake” by even discussing canceling the presidential debate with Sen. Barack Obama.
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Huckabee said he still backs McCain’s candidacy, but said the Arizona senator should not have put his campaign on hold to deal with the financial crisis on Wall Street. He said a president must be prepared to “deal with the unexpected.”
“You can’t just say, ‘World stop for a moment. I’m going to cancel everything,”‘ Huckabee said
I never thought I’d say this, but Mike Huckabee is right, and the fact that McCain has “un-suspended” his campaign even though there is no bailout deal demonstrates just how ill thought out this gambit really was.
I still have no idea how this will play with voters, but I don’t think it’s going to be the home run that his campaign advisers probably hoped it would be.
H/T: Matthew Ysglesias
September 26th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
>I never thought I’d say this, but Mike Huckabee is right, and the fact that McCain has “un-suspended” his campaign even though there is no bailout deal demonstrates just how ill thought out this gambit really was.
This pattern of behavior is just getting too obvious. George Will was right - McCain IS too damn impulsive to be President.