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Possible Presidents Travel: While They Weren't Voting

September 23, 2008 at 2:05 PM | by | Comments (0)

The candidates' paths will converge Friday for the first official presidential debate, held at Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi. But it'll be hard to stay focused on the ostensible topic of the debate, foreign policy, given the national economic climate. If McCain and Obama are indeed skipping the vote on the Paulson bailout, as the Los Angeles Times reports, where are they instead?

Obama will be doing most of his prepping for the debate in Tampa, Florida, where he arrived after a rally Sunday in Green Bay, Wisconsin, but he is scheduled to make an appearance at a rally in the suburb of Dunedin tomorrow.

Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden met with vets for Obama in Baltimore yesterday, while Michelle Obama kicked off Women in Action week in West Allis, Wisconsin.

By his own admission, Obama should make time for the bailout vote: The $1.8 billion relief would force him to put some of his domestic spending programs on hold, including health care and environmental initiatives.

For McCain, the bailout is a question of handing out too much power and not enough accountability to Treasury Secretary Paulson: "When we are talking about a trillion dollars of taxpayer money, 'trust me' just isn't good enough." McCain is attending invite-only events in Strongsville and Middlesburg, Ohio today; he heads to Michigan tonight before joining the UN mess in midtown Manhattan tomorrow.

Republican veep candidate Sarah Palin wasn't on the Straight Talk Express at the time, but she may have been reminded of her running mate when she spoke at a Florida retirement home called The Villages yesterday. She joined McCain last night in Media, Pennsylvania and is taking a meeting with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger today at the UN. Foreign policy: You're doing it wrong?

Related Stories:
· Profiles in Courage? McCain, Obama May Skip Bailout Vote [L.A. Land Blog/ LA Times]
· McCain, Obama Call for More Oversight, Limits on Executive Pay [Bloomberg]
· Palin Taking It Easy in Foray into Florida [Boston Globe]
· Possible Presidents Map [Jaunted]

[Photo: barackobamadotcom]

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