Both candidates “bailing out” of “bail out”??

Okay, bear with me. Because I am bloody livid! Politico is reporting that both candidates are mulling being MIA if/when come voting time for the US Financial Rescue Plan..

McCain is already on record, being highly “uncomfortable” about this whole scenario… Well, count me as two there.

Sen. John McCain (R- Ariz.) has no plans to return to Washington this week, even though on Monday he expressed discomfort with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s trillion-dollar bailout plan and has offered his own rescue proposal.

“Sen. McCain is monitoring the situation closely,” said campaign co-manager Steve Schmidt on a conference call Monday. “We will see how this unfolds this week.”

McCain “retains his rights to evaluate it as it goes along and make a final decision,” said co-manager Rick Davis.

Obama’s camp isn’t responding with any more signs of leadership than McCain.

Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) also looks like a no-show.

Senior Obama strategist Robert Gibbs said the campaign would be monitoring the process as it unfolds this week, but as of Monday, the campaign would not commit to Obama making the trip back to Washington – even though the bailout proposal has taken a central role in Obama’s stump speeches.

“It’s safe to say people will know where we are,” Gibbs said.

Obama’s Veep did the ol’ “I’m monitoring” routine, with no commitment. What is it… did they all do a rare bipartisan talking point memo with the “monitoring” word?

Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), Obama’s vice presidential running mate, is also “monitoring” the bailout situation, said spokesman David Wade, calling the rescue legislation “a critical issue.”

Wow… that’s strong words from our choices, eh.

None of these candidates have high-pressure debates schedules, nor pressing engagements to keep them away from what is possibly more important than picking the next POTUS itself. And, it’s going to be a decision not in the hands of the American people (like the election), but by a Congress with deservedly record low approval rates.

So here we have three out of four are Senators vying for leader of the free world. And where are they? IMHO, playing dodge ball…

What was it Rudy said at the GOP convention?

I didn’t know about this vote “present” when I was mayor of New York City.

What “leadership”… what convictions. *NOT* Instead, it looks like we’ll be lucky if any of the three will take their Senate seats for this decision. This only compounds my disgust in having Senators for POTUS choices…. ick. Livid! I tell you… LIVID!

The only one of the four who’s demonstrated no fear to cast a vote for her opinion – whatever that may be – has no vote.

And speaking of Sarah… no official statements from her campaign yet. But I’m looking….