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Posted by: Laer at 04:33 pm

Nedra Tells Us What She Thinks

I’d like to introduce you to Nedra Pickler, AP’s newest editorial writer. Here are some samples of her work in a little get-up she titled, The Debate Is On, McCain Agrees to Participate:

McCain had also said he would suspend all campaign activities, but in reality the campaign just shifted to Washington while the work of trying to win the election went on.

When you say “the campaign just shifted to Washingon,” Nedra, do you mean to imply McCain was doing nothing at all to work on the economic crisis? It sure sounds like it.

McCain had taken a gamble with the move, trying to appear above politics and as a leader on an issue that had overshadowed the presidential campaign and given him trouble. But Democratic rival Barack Obama had not bowed to McCain’s challenge, and instead questioned why the Republican nominee couldn’t handle two things at once — the debate and involvement in the bailout negotiations.

Was it a gamble, as in a political gamble obviously, or was it just putting “Nation First?” Nedra’s entitled to her opinion, and she thinks it was a gamble … but how exactly was he “trying to appear above politics?” By going to meetings and discussing the economic bailout? Nedra’s opinion appears to be pretty solidly set, though, and she reinforces it with her phrasing of Obama’s response - a particularly strong phrasing: “had not bowed,” as opposed to “had not agreed to.”

By Friday morning, it appeared McCain was looking for a face-saving way to get to the debate even though a deal had not been reached. He met with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, before heading to his campaign headquarters and issuing a statement that blamed others in Washington for the failure to reach an agreement.

“Face-saving?” Wouldn’t anyone working hard on the bail-out plan, especially the de facto leader of the GOP, meet with McConnell and Boehner? Of course, we all know that as an opinion writer, Nedra is perfectly within her rights to express her viewpoint.

There’s just one catch. You guessed it: This is a news story.

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