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"It is going to be part of the president's job to deal with more than one thing at once," Mr. Obama told reporters in Florida. "If it turns out that we need to be in Washington, we've both got big planes - we've painted our slogans on the side of them - they can get us from Washington, D.C., to Mississippi fairly quickly."

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For all the talk of Democrats being soft, and they have been, Obama hasn't let anybody push him around. He's kept things on the issues. And he did it again in that quote. But this, this wasn't coy or dignified. This was calling the other guy out by first and last name, inviting his woman to come over and whipping his nuts out on the table.

Time to step up, Johnny.

If Obama did not have the humble and thoughtful thing going for him, I'd almost say his reaction is borderline disrespectful and cocky. That said, when you think about who stands to lose the most if the debates are not held or delayed, bailout or not, it's the American people/voters and so McCain made a very serious raise, be it calculated or careless. That request was not some not weekend dough. That's really jugular, just going for all of someone else's bread. That was saying "screw the election".

So, the proper way to treat a raise, and it is a raise, is to re-raise. So, let's get it on..