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Will McCain's gamble pay off?

John McCain has taken a risk by suspending his campaign to work on a bailout plan, but there's some reason to believe it was a good political move.

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  • Thursday, September 25, 2008 07:28 AM

    "May make McCain look presidential"

    It does. Unfortunately, the president it makes him resemble is George W. Duck, prevaricate, deny, when in doubt, invoke God as the answer to all things, ignore facts, lie, lie, lie...

    Yes it's Bush Lite, coming to an Executive office near you.

    What astounds me is that the McCainites don't see these machinations for the kick in the teeth insult to their intelligence that it is. The message is this: "We know you're not bright enough to understand issues or want to hear about them. Therefore, we will give you grampa and a pretty lady to vote for, and as long as we can keep ducking any unscripted media moments when you might actually be forced to see through this strategy, we just might make through the election."

    Call it the Scheherazade Strategy. They've only got another forty days and nights to get through, do they have enough stories?

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