My first impression of Barack Obama's statement in response to John McCain is that this man will make a great President.
I wish he'd pick up on Schumer's idea more (if not mine, of course), but he's said that
1) he thinks its important to have the debate - its more important now than ever.
2) he did what he said in his conversation with McCain - staffs are preparing a joint statement.
3) he speaks daily to congressional leaders and Hank Paulson (twice today) so he's been involved in the negotiations even if it was from far away. He's told the people that his four points must be a part of the legislation and that he'll do anything they want him to do and if they want him to be there he'll be anywhere, anytime.
The chronology is
earlier - Republican Senator Tom Coburn (Oklahoma) suggested the joint statement about bipartisanship to Obama. He thought it was a good idea.
8:30 Obama called McCain
2:30 McCain called Obama back.
Obama suggested they put out a joint statement. McCain agreed. Then he also said they should suspend the campaign and postpone the debate. Obama said they should do the joint statement before they make any decisions about that.
Next thing we know - he's on television suspending his campaign and cancelling the debate.
Obama is great.
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