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Thursday, September 25, 2008 12:00 AM

Friday's debate: A bizarre game of chicken

McCain is now unlikely to show up for the first scheduled showdown with Obama. Master stroke or campaign in meltdown?

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  • Thursday, September 25, 2008 08:13 AM

    @Fladad

    "He throws the Obama campaign and its supporters (including much of the MSM and apparently David Letterman) for a loop once again and they're unsure how to react."

    A truly laughable claim. Obama didn't blink and is going straight ahead as planned. The media, even your beloved Fox, is treating it as a cheap political ploy. Even cheaper because Letterman caught him in a lie.

    McCain's problem is that he has been convinced by his toadies that he can show the same contempt for the MSM and American public that Bush does. But McCain does not have the weight of 9/11 to manipulate and he is finding out the hard way.

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