US Election Coverage 2008

[BAK]

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain announced Wednesday that he is suspending his campaign to return to Washington and focus on the "historic" crisis facing the U.S. economy.

McCain said it was time for both parties to come together to solve economic crisis.

The Arizona senator called on his Democratic rival, Barack Obama, to do the same. He also urged organizers of Friday's presidential debate at the University of Mississippi to postpone the event.

"I am calling on the president to convene a meeting with the leadership from both houses of Congress, including Senator Obama and myself," McCain told reporters in New York. "It is time for both parties to come together to solve this problem."

There was no immediate response from the Obama campaign.

McCain and his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, were in New York to meet with world leaders at the United Nations. They had met with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko.

"Senator, governor, I'm really honored to be here with you. I know you have a very important campaign to run," Saakashvili said. "Overall, I have to say I greatly appreciate the solidarity we felt from the American people."

Earlier, Palin met with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.

Obama on Wednesday lashed out at the Bush administration and his opponent on the handling of the crisis on Wall Street as well as the $700 billion bailout plan by Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson.

"The clock is ticking on this crisis. We have to act swiftly, but we also have to get it right," Obama said in Dunedin, Florida. "And that means everyone -- Republicans and Democrats, and the White House and Congress -- must work together to come up with a solution that protects American taxpayers and our economy without rewarding those whose greed helped get us into this problem in the first place."

Obama said it's unacceptable to expect the American people to "hand this administration or any administration a $700 billion check with no conditions and no oversight when a lack of oversight in Washington and on Wall Street is exactly what got us into this mess."

He said struggling homeowners must be taken care of in any economic recovery plan -- and that taxpayers should "not be spending one dime to reward the same Wall Street CEOs whose greed and irresponsibility got us into this mess." Read more on both candidates' recovery plans

He also hit McCain for switching from his stance as an advocate for market deregulation to a strong supporter of regulation since the Wall Street crisis became front-page news.

"He's suddenly a hard-charging populist," Obama said. "And that's all well and good, but I sure wish he was talking the same way over a year ago, when I introduced a bill that would've helped stop the multimillion-dollar bonus packages that CEOs grab on their way out the door."

McCain's bombshell comes as a new CNN "poll of polls" out of Virginia on Wednesday shows McCain with the slimmest of leads in a state that traditionally has been a safe bet for Republicans.

The latest polls could be a warning sign for McCain that he still has work to do to lock down certain states where previous GOP nominees had to spend little time or effort doing so.

 

[Capitol Hill]

Not long ago Sen. McCain's Top Economic Adviser, called the United States "a nation of whiners" (July 9, 2008). Not long ago just last week Sen. McCain alikuwa akitamba kuwa fundamentals za economy are sound and strong...kabla hajabadili na kusema the working force is strong..the same last week he said he would never bail AIG before he was for bailing...leo hii ana cancel debate.

Swali langu ni hili...WHERE HAS MCCAIN BEEN? WHICH WORLD IS HE LIVING IN? Financial Crisis haikuanza wiki hii au wiki ya jana..

 

[Sam GM]

Huyu kesha ona maji hayapandi mlima tena anatafuta sababu, hata akiacha campaign na kuhamia DC hakuna kitu atafanya, akina Senator Chris Todd chairman wa commitee inayoshughulikia mambo hayo yuko on top of the matter.

 

[Capitol Hill]

Ningekuwa McCain ningeomba topic ya debate ya Ijumaa ibadilike kutoka Foreign affairs kwenda kwenye economy. If he's a man enough, he would have done so.

 

[Susuviri]

Hahahahahaaa...Babu has always put his country first even if it means losing an election. Tuone sasa kama Obama ata suspend kampeni na kurudi DC kushughulikia hii crisis. Alichofanya Bab ni very admirable. Kwa nini Obama asiungane na Babu in a bipartisan fashion? Hamna haja ya kuweka siasa mbele ya manufaa ya taifa. Acha kuleta ushabiki na ninatabiri Obama will follow suit na hakutakuwa na debate Ijumaa. Subiri uone. Obama hana jinsi hapa...

Kudos Babu, that's what I call leadership!!

Too late Nyani, Obama came up with the idea of bipartisanship and issuing joint statement, sasa babu yako kaona ngoja akimbie kutoa public statement kumbe email trail ipoooooo!! Now he looks like he has chickened out on the debates! Yaani ndo gumzo! Hakuna good move hapo, maana hata akirudi senate hamna kitu hapo, since Obama campaign itaonyesha that he can attend and Friday evening atafanya bonge la discussion about economy, unlike McCain ambaye anataka kulala tu DC.
BTW if the 3 am call comes ataomba time out Babu yako akisema I can't deal with Iran because I have a financial crisis? Helloooo! This is about multi tasking and your Babu has failed.

 

[Capitol Hill]

Too late Nyani, Obama came up with the idea of bipartisanship and issuing joint statement, sasa babu yako kaona ngoja akimbie kutoa public statement kumbe email trail ipoooooo!! Now he looks like he has chickened out on the debates! Yaani ndo gumzo! Hakuna good move hapo, maana hata akirudi senate hamna kitu hapo, since Obama campaign itaonyesha that he can attend and Friday evening atafanya bonge la discussion about economy, unlike McCain ambaye anataka kulala tu DC.
BTW if the 3 am call comes ataomba time out Babu yako akisema I can't deal with Iran because I have a financial crisis? Helloooo! This is about multi tasking and your Babu has failed.

Mkuu Susu...Ningekuwa Rick Davis..ningemshauri bosi wangu Sen. McCain aombe topic ya foreign affairs ibadilishwe kwa debate ya kwanza (Ijumaa) na kuwekwa ile ya Uchumi..na si ku postpone debate. Hiyo ingeonyesha kuwa niko serious na swala la hali ya uchumi..Ninge cancel campaign events kwa siku zilizobakia ili kumfua kisawa sawa Mr. McCain kwa ajili ya hiyo debate.

My take: Uchumi haujaanza kuwa mbaya leo.. wala wiki hii lakini track rekodi ya McCain kwenye mambo ya Uchumi ni disastrous...ku post pone debate hakutamsaidia hata punje.

 

[Susuviri]

Mkuu Susu...Ningekuwa Rick Davis..ningemshauri bosi wangu Sen. McCain aombe topic ya foreign affairs ibadilishwe kwa debate ya kwanza (Ijumaa) na kuwekwa ile ya Uchumi..na si ku postpone debate. Hiyo ingeonyesha kuwa niko serious na swala la hali ya uchumi..Ninge cancel campaign events kwa siku zilizobakia ili kumfua kisawa sawa Mr. McCain kwa ajili ya hiyo debate.

My take: Uchumi haujaanza kuwa mbaya leo.. wala wiki hii lakini track rekodi ya McCain kwenye mambo ya Uchumi ni disastrous...ku post pone debate hakutamsaidia hata punje.

Capitol, Obama campaign says the debate is still on!!!!!! hahahaaaa Babu kakwama!!!

 

[Capitol Hill]

Nyani...
How long is the Presidential debate? 90 minutes or so? Whats wrong with having one? as a matter of fact kuna watu kibao (hundreds of legislators) hapo Capitol Hill wanaolifanyia hili kazi..What does McCain Camp want? Another set of Photo-Op?

 

[Susuviri]

Nyani...
How long is the Presidential debate? 90 minutes or so? Whats wrong with having one? as a matter of fact kuna watu kibao (hundreds of legislators) hapo Capitol Hill wanaolifanyia hili kazi..What does McCain Camp want? Another set of Photo-Op?

University of Mississippi said the debate is still on!!! Hah! Now this is getting interesting. Babu aki-retract ataonekana weak, akiendelea kugoma watu watakuwa macho kuangalia ijumaa usiku atafanya nini since Senate ends at 2pm in the afternoon! Kwikwikwi.... Babu yako Nyani is in a tight spot......

 

[Capitol Hill]

I can't wait to watch Hannity & Colmes leo usiku kuona jinsi Pro-Mac (Hannity, yule jamaa mnene former Clinton aide, na hao spin masters wengine) wakim defend mcCain. I wish Tucker Bound would go to CNN again---and face Campbell Brown.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Nyani...
How long is the Presidential debate? 90 minutes or so? Whats wrong with having one? as a matter of fact kuna watu kibao (hundreds of legislators) hapo Capitol Hill wanaolifanyia hili kazi..What does McCain Camp want? Another set of Photo-Op?

Sio photo op....ni kuonyesha concern kwamba hii crisis ni kubwa. Kuna ubaya gani ku postpone hadi watakapo tatua tatizo? Ok, let Obama debate himself.....and I assure it will backfire. Nyinyi hata kwenye ile Gustav mngeendelea na convention kama ingeakia muda huo....shame on Dems. They make me sick. They just won't stop at anything.

 

[Capitol Hill]

Sio photo op....ni kuonyesha concern kwamba hii crisis ni kubwa. Kuna ubaya gani ku postpone hadi watakapo tatua tatizo? Ok, let Obama debate himself.....and I assure it will backfire. Nyinyi hata kwenye ile Gustav mngeendelea na convention kama ingeakia muda huo....shame on Dems. They make me sick. They just won't stop at anything.

Mkuu...you really want to draw a contrast between Dems and the GOP? Hivi kama sio Katrina na the way Bush administration acted (actually Bush alikuwa na Mac Arizona) wakati levees zina break kule New Orleans..Nirudi kwenye topic. Kama sio Katrina, ninakuhakikishia kwenye Gustav hii administration inge act the same way meaning with high incompetent and bureaucracy.
Nimesema hapo juu kuwa crisis ya uchumi haijaanza leo.. McCain alikuwa wapi? Leo hii ameamka..Obama lead in the polls is significant (even though I don't trust the pollsters) lakini naona this is a way to slow down the momentum. Ukweli ni kwamba hizi zimekuwa wiki mbili mbaya kwa McCain. Ame flip flop kwenye issues na hata ukimwangalia kwenye town hall meetings zake hayuko confident + Comfortable anapoongelea uchumi. Hizi past record shows kwamba to somewhat amechangia ku support deregulation ya investment banks na matokeo ya hizo deregulation yamekuwa abuse of trust kwa financial gains na ndio hapa tulipofikia as a nation. McCain wont know this kwa sababu he belong to the "elite" class.

 

[Ab-Titchaz]

 

[Hofstede]

Mkuu...you really want to draw a contrast between Dems and the GOP? Hivi kama sio Katrina na the way Bush administration acted (actually Bush alikuwa na Mac Arizona) wakati levees zina break kule New Orleans..Nirudi kwenye topic. Kama sio Katrina, ninakuhakikishia kwenye Gustav hii administration inge act the same way meaning with high incompetent and bureaucracy.
Nimesema hapo juu kuwa crisis ya uchumi haijaanza leo.. McCain alikuwa wapi? Leo hii ameamka..Obama lead in the polls is significant (even though I don't trust the pollsters) lakini naona this is a way to slow down the momentum. Ukweli ni kwamba hizi zimekuwa wiki mbili mbaya kwa McCain. Ame flip flop kwenye issues na hata ukimwangalia kwenye town hall meetings zake hayuko confident + Comfortable anapoongelea uchumi. Hizi past record shows kwamba to somewhat amechangia ku support deregulation ya investment banks na matokeo ya hizo deregulation yamekuwa abuse of trust kwa financial gains na ndio hapa tulipofikia as a nation. McCain wont know this kwa sababu he belong to the "elite" class.

I agree with you they want to take a break to review strategy. Ukiangalia wao walimbana sana Obama baada ya Convention yao kwa kuplay lipstic politics. Walipokubaliana ku halt campaign on sept 11 and appear together and later night in "Public service event". Ilikuwa ndiyo mwisho wa McCain na kisura wake. Sasa wanaona mambo magumu wanataka kukimbia debates kwa kisingizio cha crisis, this is a right time to tell American people how you gonna fix the problem instead of hiding in the Capitol Hill for photo Op. Real presidentila materials handle more than one thing at a time.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Nashindwa kabisa kuwaelewa nyie. Yaani hapa tofauti kati ya rhetoric na vitendo ndio iko clear kabisa. Hivi ni kipi cha muhimu hapa? Kwenda Washington na kufanya kazi kunusuru hii "potential depresseion" au kwa maneno mengine kuwa part of the solution au kuwa Mississippi kubishania kuhusu foreign policy? Come what may (win or lose) John McCain has my respect. Ni wanasiasa wachache mno wanaoeweza kufanya hivyo.

 

[Hofstede]

Nashindwa kabisa kuwaelewa nyie. Yaani hapa tofauti kati ya rhetoric na vitendo ndio iko clear kabisa. Hivi ni kipi cha muhimu hapa? Kwenda Washington na kufanya kazi kunusuru hii "potential depresseion" au kwa maneno mengine kuwa part of the solution na kuwa Mississippi kubishania kuhusu foreign policy? Come what may (win or lose) John McCain has my respect. Ni wanasiasa wachache mno wanaoeweza kufanya hivyo.

So as Obama for me.

McCain only has one vote in senate, what do you think he gonna do in the Capitol Hill?, Playing presidential politics and makes the situation worse!!. When Obama called him and suggested they should work together for joint statement without Cams, McCain seize the idea, came up to announce what his brain thought scoring political points instead. Iam assuring you that the path taken by your babu will make the situation worse. The bill will pass end of october, because he has traped himself not to campaign till the bill is pass, then he will see what politics looks like. he will only have 4 days for campaign before election day. Hahahahahah babu yako kajimaliza

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

So as Obama for me.

McCain only has one vote in senate, what do you think he gonna do in the Capitol Hill?, Playing presidential politics and makes the situation worse!!. When Obama called him and suggested they should work together for joint statement without Cams, McCain seize the idea, came up to announce what his brain thought scoring political points instead. Iam assuring you that the path taken by your babu will make the situation worse. The bill will pass end of october, because he has traped himself not to campaign till the bill is pass, then he will see what politics looks like. he will only have 4 days for campaign before election day. Hahahahahah babu yako kajimaliza

If you "think" he's finished (even though the election is not over yet), then so be it. At least he has the scars to show that he has always put his country first.

 

[BAK]

Ningekuwa McCain ningeomba topic ya debate ya Ijumaa ibadilike kutoka Foreign affairs kwenda kwenye economy. If he's a man enough, he would have done so.

Inasemekana kwenye maandalizi ya debate jamaa alikuwa anafanya vibaya sana. Jamaa wakamwambia anaonekana amekasirika sana ajaribu kuongea kwa sauti ambayo haionyeshi kukasirika. Halafu maswali aliyokuwa anarushiwa pia alikuwa anabofoa kimaimunamaimuna na zile opinion polls zilitoka jana na leo toka CBS na ABC ambazo zote zinaonyesha Obama akiwa na 53% na McSame 43% ndiyo zikawamaliza nguvu kabisaaaaaa. No McSame, No Palin, No republicans sasa jamaa akaona ni bora asimamishe kampeni ili kupunguza MO (Momentum) ya Obama. Utadhani kura yake ina uzito kuliko ya senator mwingine yeyote yule.

By the way Pailn to nowhere leo kapata experience ya foreign affairs baada ya kukutana na Marais mbali mbali New York. Katika mikutano hiyo hakuna chochote kilichozungumzwa kuhusiana na forreign affairs lakini ili kukaa nao tu meza moja na kusikia sauti zao na kusalimiana nao kishakuwa mkali wa FA!!!!! LOL! ama kweli ukistaajabu ya Mussa utaona ya firauni.

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Inasemekana kwenye maandalizi ya debate jamaa alikuwa anafanya vibaya sana. Jamaa wakamwambia anaonekana amekasirika sana ajaribu kuongea kwa sauti ambayo haionyeshi kukasirika. Halafu maswali aliyokuwa anarushiwa pia alikuwa anabofoa kimaimunamaimuna na zile opoinion polls zilitoka jana na leo toka CBS na ABC ambazo zote zinaonyesha Obama akiwa na 53% na McSame 43% ndiyo zikawamaliza nguvu kabisaaaaaa. No McSame, No Palin, No republicans sasa jamaa akaona ni bora asimamishe kampeni ili kupunguza MO (Momentum) ya Obama. Utadhani kura yake ina uzito kuliko ya senator mwingine yeyote yule.

By the way le Pailn to nowhere leo kapata experience ya foreign affairs baada ya kukutana na Marais mbali mbali New York. Katika mikutano hiyo hakuna chochote kilichozungumzwa kuhusiana na forreign affairs lakini ili kukaa nao tu meza moja na kusikia sauti zao na kusalimiana nao kishakuwa mkali wa FA!!!!! LOL! ama kweli ukistaajabu ya Mussa utaona ya firauni.

Ahahahahahaaaaa....inasemekana....Bubu, mengi yanasemekana sana.....na tukianza kujadili yanayosemekana na sisi tutaishia kusemekana....

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Huyu Obama ni zero kabisa!! Anaendekeza kupiga domo hata kwenye dharura zaidi ya kutenda. Shame on him. I have no respect for him at all. This was very off-putting to me, very.