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So what does "suspension" mean anyway?
Reports of fundraisers in CA, ads in FL, events at airports, meeting with Katie Couric, giving a stump speech in NY...this is all smoke and mirrors, IMO.
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You Say Campaign Rally, I Say Pit-Stop
By Michael FalconeUpdated Has the McCain-Palin campaign really been put on hold?
Questions have emerged over the extent to which Senator John McCain is actually shutting down his campaign ? as he indicated he would on Wednesday ? to deal with the negotiations over the government?s economic bailout package.
A local Philadelphia NBC News affiliate reported Thursday morning that Mr. McCain?s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was to hold a rally at the airport in Philadelphia upon her arrival there this afternoon. (Update: The television station later retracted its initial report that Ms. Palin would be taking part in a rally.)
The most recent official schedule for Ms. Palin, which the campaign distributed late Tuesday night, did not include an airport event. And the McCain campaign said Ms. Palin?s arrival should not be construed as a ?rally,? merely ?an arrival.? However, Ms. Palin did add a stop to Ground Zero before leaving New York Thursday morning.
Also, McCain surrogate Mitt Romney was scheduled to speak to business leaders in Detroit on Thursday, according to a Michigan newspaper. Mr. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, was expected to speak with reporters after the closed-press meeting.
(We?re seeking more details from the campaign about Ms. Palin?s arrival and the event with Mr. Romney.)
As for Mr. McCain, he went ahead, as he said he would, with his speech in New York City at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative today. And parts of it sounded like his campaign speeches.
At a meeting with reporters in Washington, Robert Gibbs, an Obama campaign senior adviser, questioned how fully Mr. McCain applied the brakes to his campaign.
?I was on TV with Nicole Wallace today,? Mr. Gibbs said referring to a McCain spokeswoman who made the rounds on several morning shows on Thursday, ?If they suspended her, she didn?t get the memo.?
On Wednesday Mr. McCain said he would put a halt to his campaign and return to Washington to focus on economic issues after giving the speech to President Clinton?s organization. During his remarks today he reiterated those intentions.
?I cannot carry on a campaign as though this dangerous situation had not occurred, or as though a solution were at hand, which it clearly is not,? Mr. McCain said, according to the prepared text of his speech. ?It has become clear that no consensus has developed to support the Administration?s proposal to meet the crisis. I do not believe that the plan on the table will pass as it currently stands, and we are running out of time.?
Mr. Gibbs said that voters would have to draw their own conclusions about the ?motivations? of Mr. McCain?s move to temporarily suspend campaign activities.
?I?m not saying that speaking to the Clinton Global Initiative has somehow tripped the wire that makes the entire day political,? Mr. Gibbs said before adding this wrist-slap: ?I would point you to the fact that a man who was rushing back to Washington somehow found Katie Couric in the way.? (Mr. McCain taped an interview with CBS News anchor Katie Couric on Thursday after making his announcement.)
Re: So what does "suspension" mean anyway?
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I watched. It was wonderful political theater.
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