Presidential Debate Commission still sticking with original plan

[Nambe]

Source: CNN

Hours after John McCain called for the first presidential debate to be re-scheduled if a bailout package is not finalized by Friday morning, the Commission on Presidential Debates said it was moving forward with its original plan:

“The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) is moving forward with its plan for the first presidential debate at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss. this Friday, Sept. 26," the group said in a statement. "The plans for this forum have been underway for more than a year and a half. The CPD’s mission is to provide a forum in which the American public has an opportunity to hear the leading candidates for the president of the United States debate the critical issues facing the nation. ...

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(CNN) “I feel like sending a text message to Barack Obama,” said Ruth Schiele-Moore, the manager of a 50-unit hotel in Batesville, half an hour from Oxford, where the debate will be held.

Her hotel is booked solid for the weekend, as are most hotels and motels in the area. She said she would like to send Obama a text message that reads:

“Come on down here. You just may win Mississippi.”

[Grown2Hate]

1. Seriously... this day just gets BETTER and BETTER.

I can't stop smiling.

[paparush]

2. F#ck McCain. C O W A R D! In so far over his head..he doesn't know whether to sh*t or fall back.

[OhioChick]

3. Good.

Glad to hear it.

[SeattleVet]

4. Will Obama be debating an empty chair...

or merely an empty suit?

[Gillian]

5. The State of the Nation speech broadcast worldwide!

The ultimate opportunity.