The Debate about The Debate

Is there such a thing as a 1 person debate? No. That is properly referred to as a free 1 Hour Town Hall Meeting before a record viewing audience close to 100 million.

That, my friends, is why I have every reason to believe that John McCain will find his way to the University of Mississippi tonight. That and the fact that even though he has been in DC for more than a day now, he has not been very involved in any discussions around the bailout proposals. John McCain being away for a few hours on a Friday night won't have any impact on Congress reaching an agreement.

So do Americans think there should be a debate Friday? There are a few polls out on it including one by Survey USA that indicates a resounding YES by 75% of those polled.

So we shall see, but I think when John McCain announces he will be there to debate it will make headlines and he will play it up about being a Statesman, etc. However, most of the country thinks this was a bit of grandstanding and not showing up probably would have buried his campaign into a deeper hole than it already seems to be in.

UPDATE AT 11:30AM - JOHN MCCAIN WILL TAKE PART IN THE DEBATE

Not a surprise if you read our blog entry earlier today. Not even the way it is being communicated and spun. Let's all enjoy tonight's debate.