Are any of you worried that Obama may vote for the bailout bill while McCain votes against it?

I can see it. It looks like there has been an agreement then when the time for a vote comes Obama votes for it and McCain votes against it. Then McCain will claim independence from Bush and try to paint Obama as putting Wall Street ahead of regular folks. This is a unpopular bill. Obama will always do anything in good faith but McCain will do anything just to score political points.

"I hope you're right."

"Fine, keep your head in the sand."

"What's next, will I be purged."

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if there's any political risk.

knows what he is doing.

i have seen him repeatedly do a good job

i will leave it there

...or at least abstain. This whole bailout thing has the stink of "setup" all over it. Presumably, though, the Obama camp has already considered this possibility.

then Obama doesn't need to be there.

Especially since he's already vulnerable on the "voting present" thing. He absolutely cannot duck the vote and let McCain accuse him of ducking tough choices that a president would have to make.

I do want to be sure McSame signs any bailout.

His Chief Financial Adviser Phil Gramm and he have pushed deregulation year after year. They pushed to deregulate banking and now a bailout is needed DUE TO THEIR POLICIES, so they should not be allowed to distance themselves from the bailout.

They caused it. They'd better fix it. No weaseling out allowed.

specific things he wants to see in the bill. If the bulk of what he wants is there, he will probably vote for it. Meanwhile McCain hasn't said anything about what is in that bill or what he would agree with or not.

Obama set himself up perfectly from the onset by providing specific requirements he would need in the bill in order to support it. If he votes in favor and McLiar votes against, Obama simply has to explain perfectly that although this is not the perfect situation, that his requirements were met, that the resolution was met on terms he felt comfortable with, and that he would move forward as he said he would from day one.

McLiar will not have his specific set of standards he is expecting from this bill to base his decision on. Although he has explained some issues, he has not done so nearly as succinctly and often as Obama.

Obama will clearly be able to justify ANY decision he makes in this process and defend all action and reasoning that led him to such a decision. Pragmatism will win in the end, even if McLiar votes "no," because Obama has walked a steady and direct path from the beginning of this debacle.

Trust that our candidate has his next dozen moves plotted out in this chess match. Like in the final match in "Searching for Bobby Fischer," Obama, like Joshua, has his opponent in check mate although the final move is still a dozen steps away. He offered McLiar a draw on this issue yesterday with the opportunity to make a joint response, but McLiar double-crossed him and pulled this stunt. Obama can continue on with his game plan, McLiar can believe that he has a chance to prevail, but the reality is that Obama's clear foresight granted him the ability to make decisions that will surely end with McLiar in checkmate. No doubt.

The "Economic Pearl Harbor" fix is in, already.

that does not include his 4 points?

And we all know he can't do that.

Alphabetical, by state, McCain would go first. Alphabetical, by name, McCain would go first. I don't really see how this would happen. Besides, Obama will vote based on what makes it into the bill (and doesn't), not on political gamesmanship, so he'll be ready to defend his vote, if need be. McCain will do whatever his failing little Maverick heart tells him to do, then go on TV saying the opposite, then angrily report that he was misquoted or misinterpreted, but he'll get back to us with his real answer if we just give him tomorrow night off to think about it.

Is it November yet?

...us average joes and hockey moms and grannys and people who balance their checkbooks every month....think we are smarter than the person we chose to be our candidate, then we need to join the republican party.

I trust that Obama will do what is best...whatever that may be.

he has proven to be untrustworthy and his word means nothing.

I'm no worried at all. He has shown his ability to work under pressure more times than not and I am amazed each time:D He truly is going to make a great President.

If he spends his time in DC stalling on an agreement when he just painted a doom and gloom scenerio over why a plan needs to be passed ASAP, then he's going to look even more ridiculous than he already does.