McCain gives Obama a gift, come to Washington and work in a bi-partisan manner to make sure that something is done about the bailout — something both sides believe should be done. And Obama passes on the opportunity. Amazing! He could have demonstrated that he was post-partisan and determined to put the needs of the nation first but he blew it off so he could continue preparing for a debate. So, during a crisis we now know that Obama won’t put his own needs behind the needs of the people.
Not only did he miss the opportunity to demonstrate to America how he’d work in a bi-partisan manner but he looked petty as well. Starting the press conference off with who called who first really looked small and like political jockeying.
And this is absolutely amazing:

Obama said he had told congressional leaders who are trying to hammer out an agreement on the bailout plan that he was prepared to go to Washington if it would help.
“What is important is that we don’t suddenly infuse Capitol Hill with presidential politics.”

Has he resigned from the Senate? Who replaced him as the Jr. Senator from Illinois? He’s acting like he doesn’t have a stake in what’s going on in Congress, he should be there doing his job for the people of Illinois, not being above it all. If he doesn’t want to represent the people, maybe he should resign from the Senate so that someone who wants to represent their state to make sure they have a voice in what is going on.
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080924/pl_nm/us_usa_politics_obama;_ylt=Aj65bwfkQAUNhRLS509GetOs0NUE“>And about that debate on Friday:

Speaking to reporters at a hastily called news conference here, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said he would press for the Friday debate to go forward. “I believe that we should continue to have the debate,” he said. “I think that it makes sense for us to present ourselves before the American people, to talk about the nature of the problems that we’re having in our financial system, to talk about how it relates to our global standing in the world, what implications it has for our national security, how it relates to critical questions, like the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.”
And if it turns out that the candidates must be present in the Senate on Friday, “We’ve both got big planes. We’ve painted our slogans on the sides of them. They can get us from Washington, D.C., to Mississippi fairly quickly.”

Um…maybe someone should tell Obama that the debate on Friday isn’t about the economy, it’s a foreign policy debate. The people will hear more about this mess when it’s debated in Congress, not at a debate of foreign policy.
I hope he does the debate by himself, we can finally see what he has to say without his teleprompter. Be prepared for a thousand “uhs.”