"it's not my style to simply phone it in"- McCain, attacking Obama yesterday

[npincus]

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/28/mccain-deals-bailout-negotiations-phone/

Senior adviser Mark Salter said the Arizona senator spent the morning at his campaign headquarters placing calls to congressional leaders and White House officials involved in finalizing a multibillion-dollar deal to bail out failing financial firms. Earlier in the week McCain suspended most campaign activities to help develop a bipartisan agreement.

"He can effectively do what he needs to do by phone," Salter said Saturday. "He's calling members on both sides, talking to people in the administration, helping out as he can."

McCain arrived in Washington about 4 a.m. EDT from Oxford, Miss., site of the first presidential debate. He and his wife, Cindy, emerged from his suburban condominium shortly past noon and drove to his campaign headquarters.

The campaign of Democratic rival Barack Obama promptly criticized McCain. "Now the McCain campaign says he can negotiate the bailout by phone?" spokesman Tommy Vietor asked in a statement e-mailed to reporters. "If this is the case, why did Sen. McCain suspend his campaign?"

[vanderBeth]

1. Well, McCain is allowed to do it

he invented the Blackberry. :silly:

[CJCRANE]

2. Rove tactic #1: Project Your Weakness

onto your opponent.