"You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
There'll be time enough for countin' when the deal is done."
Sen. John McCain and his top aides took credit for building a winning bailout coalition - hours before the vote failed and stocks tanked.
The rush to claim he had engineered a victory now looks like a strategic blunder that will prolong the McCain's campaign's difficulty in finding a winning message on the economy. Shortly before the vote, McCain had bragged about his involvement and mocked Sen. Barack Obama for staying on the sidelines.
"I've never been afraid of stepping in to solve problems for the American people, and I'm not going to stop now," McCain told a rally in Columbus, Ohio. "Senator Obama took a very different approach to the crisis our country faced. At first he didn't want to get involved. Then he was monitoring the situation."
McCain, grinning, flashed a sarcastic thumbs-up.
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5 comments:
McCain seems to stumble from blunder to blunder. Even when he has right on his side, he acts in ways that are easily mocked or that boomerang back on him.
Obama's handlers probably can't believe their good fortune.
I don't recall who, but somebody said that Obama has an uncanny knack for finding himself facing self-destructing opponents.
Yet despite all his mistakes, he still has a decent chance to win, and hopefully will. I thought this economic crisis would propel Obama to victory, and it may yet, but so far McCain seems to be hanging in there.
David C-
Still confident, eh? Tell you what - If McCain wins, I will publicly proclaim what an absolute moran I am, ask Stephen to make it a full posting on his blog, I will thank you for every crumb of mockery you and your right wing buddies throw my way, and I'll donate $20 to the charity of your choice. That is, IF you are willing to do the same if Obama wins. Is it a bet?
"Still confident, eh? "
I've thought McCain was a long-shot from the beginning. I'm not confident, just somewhat hopeful because he isn't being blown out in the polls. I think as long as he's within single digits he has a decent chance. But Obama is definitely the favorite. And I can't see how a major economic crisis is going to help McCain.
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