Candidates are Heading to Washington

Last week things weren’t exactly going swimmingly on Wall Street, and the financial crisis allowed the presidential candidates to grab the attention of voters. Yesterday Sen. McCain announced he would be suspending his campaign to head back to Washington to help with the problem at hand. McCain also called for Friday’s Presidential Debate to be postponed until a deal to address the issue was reached, Sen. Obama disagreed.

“This is exactly the time when the American people need to hear from the person who in approximately 40 days will be responsible for dealing with this mess,” said Sen. Obama. “In my mind, it’s more important than ever that we present ourselves to the American people and describe where we want to take the country and where we want to take the economy.” Well that makes sense, let’s wait forty days to elect a candidate and then wait another fifty plus until he’s sworn in, yes then we can discuss our financial woes. The senator went on to say how he would help out if he thought he could be useful- opportunity to add major economic solution to list of Real Reasons You Should Elect Me President, missed.

In an address to the country last night, President Bush stated how he had invited Senators McCain and Obama to the White House to help speed the discussions toward a bipartisan bill. As far as I know both of the candidates are heading to Washington.