40 days and counting...

A Newsday image of Sen. John McCain. Other images of the Presidential candidate can be found here.

With about 40 days to go until the presidential election, the Arizona Senator's decided to suspend his presidential campaign in light of the country's current economic woes, a decision which has generated debate and questions from Wall St, politicians and the average American.

McCain has said that right now it is more important for the country to focus on sovling the economic crirsis then on the political campaign. He called for Barack Obama to suspend his campaign as well and for a rescheduling of the first of the presidential debates, which is scheduled to take place in two days.

In response, Obama said that he feels that now is not the time for the campaigns to be put on hold becuase in about 40 days these problems are going to most liekly become either his or Sen. McCain's. Like Obama, i believe that it is necessary for the debate to go on as scheduled so the country can hear what its future leaders plan to do solve this economic turmoil.

If you're interested, i found the majority of the information for this post in Newsday's coverage of this announcement.

Between McCain's announcment, the $700 B bailout bill and the Mets push for the postseason, it is going to be a very interesting weekend.