Thursday, September 25, 2008

McCain Sells Off on His 'Bold' - or Bonkers Move

John McCain's shock suspension of campaigning has drastically altered the
fundamentals on the 2008 Presidential Election Winner (Individual) contract.
The stunt is being met with wide spread selling off of McCain on Intrade, while
traders simultaneously ploughed into Obama rocketing his price up to just under 57.

Obama has now opened up a nearly 13 point lead against his opponent.

McCain's move has been met with widespread disbelief in this morning's media.

The Wall Street Journal confessed to being totally mystified by McCain's suspension of campaigning:

Last we checked, the President of the United States was still
George W. Bush, the Secretary of the Treasury was still Henry Paulson, the Chairman
of the Federal Reserve was still Ben Bernanke, and Congress still had 533 members
not running for President who are at least nominally competent to debate and pass legislation.

So count us as mystified by Senator John McCain's decision yesterday to
suspend his campaign and call for a postponement in Friday's first Presidential
debate so that he and Barack Obama can work out a consensus bill to stabilize
the financial system. This is supposed to be evidence of leadership?

In an article titled, "John McCain's Decision to Suspend his
campaign is bold - or bonkers," the New York Daily News had this to say:
Still, there's an old saying in politics: Think political,
but never look political. Given McCain's timing,
this seems more political than altruistic.
"It looks like a desperate stunt,"
said another GOP political consultant who worked for a McCain primary opponent.
"McCain could have bailed out of the debate a week ago if this was really about the merits."
On top of suspending campaigning, McCain also cancelled, at the last minute,
an appearance on David Letterman. Letterman was outraged with the 'fishy'
McCain campaign and wondered, "Are we suspending the campaign because there's
an economic crisis or because the poll numbers are sliding?"

Is McCain experiencing a mere wave of panic selling? Can he rebound from 44? Time will tell,
but so far traders don't seem to be buying McCain on this dip, nor is anyone taking profits yet on Obama.

A few more days should tell whether McCain's gamble will pay any dividends him, but so far
traders have judged his move as 'bonkers,' not 'bold.'

Perhaps look for McCain to reverse this decision soon if he hopes to regain momentum.

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