McCain suspends campaign

John McCain decided to suspend his campaign to rush back to Washington to 'fix' the economy. Really? Just how does he propose to do this? McCain is not a member of the Senate Finance Committee, so what input could he possibly have in the current ongoing negotiations?

His ignorance of economics is well documented; and the advice he is getting from his economic advisors is well, part of the problem currently affecting the markets. Isn't that why he has a running mate? Shouldn't Palin be picking up any slack McCain has left because of his reactionary stance; albeit it's a week and a half late. I wonder if the cratering polling numbers for McCain have anything to do with his sudden desire to be involved in 'saving the economy'. Senator Christoper Dodd; the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said last night on the Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC; that he has yet to receive one single phone call from Senator McCain regarding the economic crisis. He did say he has spoken to Senator Obama on numerous occassions and knows that the Junior Senator from Illinois has been in constant contact with Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson. Interesting that Senator Obama, also running for President; feels no need to suspend his campaign or call off the debate on Friday night.

Now, I'm no judge of executive ability; but it seems to me that Senator Obama has taken the right action. He is in contact with those who are attempting to remedy the current situation and will meet with the President & Senator McCain today for the photo-op about the crisis, but he has not stopped doing everything else. this strikes me as the correct action; McCain seems to be one of those who would panic in a crisis and start screaming for people to do something; ANYTHING, RIGHT NOW! In the Quality Assurance business we know this is a disaster on top of a disaster. It is always best to allow cooler heads to prevail; look at the situation from different angles; see what it is exactly that is broken. What needs to be fixed, what needs to happen immediately; and what can be deferred until we have more time to thoroughly evaluate the situation. i have always found that be the smarter choice instead of running around the building screaming your hair is on fire and making a bad situation worse.