Grasping at straws

MANIFESTO

It surprises me not a whit that Senator Septuagenarian wants to call off Friday's debate and suspend the campaign in order "to convene a meeting [on the current financial mess] with the leadership from both houses of Congress."

At this point, it's clear he'll use any excuse whatsoever so that he (and, God knows, his running mate) can avoid any substantive policy discussion.

UPDATE — Josh Marshall asks rhetorically,

He wants to cancel the debate? And maybe also Palin's debate. Are you kidding? Why not cancel the election too? And because he has to go back to DC to solve the financial crisis? Really? The topic he knows nothing about and after he's shown up less in the senate in the last two years than anyone but Tim Johnson, the guy who had the stroke?