McCain Campaign Never Actually Suspended
Phillip White
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While Republican presidential nominee John McCain may have vowed Wednesday to suspend his run for the White House to focus on the nation's financial crisis, his campaign itself is apparently still 
open for business.
"Tomorrow morning, I will suspend my campaign and return to Washington after speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative. I have spoken to Sen. Obama and informed him of my decision and have asked him to join me," McCain announced Wednesday.
McCain's campaign claimed that appearances, rallies, and TV advertising would be canceled. According to an email sent to reporters from spokesman Brian Rogers, fundraising would be halted, too.
"We're just not going to engage right now in the back and forth of the campaign," said senior campaign adviser Steve Schmidt.
However, many are now starting to question whether the campaign was actually suspended, as there are still plenty of signs of activity.
"But, what - exactly - did he 'suspend?'" Scout Finch at Daily Kos asked. "His surrogates are all over television, attacking Obama. His campaign ads are still running and his Internet fundraising is still operational. McCain's press crew is fully operational. He spent the day with Rick Davis, his lobbyist campaign manager."
Meanwhile, the Huffington Post maintains that across the country, McCain campaign offices are up and running, accepting volunteers, conducting phone banking, literature dropping and other GOTV activities. The Web site called 15 McCain campaign offices in battleground states, and none said it was suspending operations.
NPR's David Greene has mapped out when McCain arrived at the decision to suspend the campaign and what he has been doing since he halted activities.
The Associated Press also reports a live fundraising link on the McCain campaign's Web site. "All of our television advertising at this hour is down," senior campaign adviser Schmidt said Thursday.
A McCain ad was later seen on local television in Las Vegas.
"Tomorrow morning, I will suspend my campaign and return to Washington after speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative. I have spoken to Sen. Obama and informed him of my decision and have asked him to join me," McCain announced Wednesday.
McCain's campaign claimed that appearances, rallies, and TV advertising would be canceled. According to an email sent to reporters from spokesman Brian Rogers, fundraising would be halted, too.
"We're just not going to engage right now in the back and forth of the campaign," said senior campaign adviser Steve Schmidt.
However, many are now starting to question whether the campaign was actually suspended, as there are still plenty of signs of activity.
"But, what - exactly - did he 'suspend?'" Scout Finch at Daily Kos asked. "His surrogates are all over television, attacking Obama. His campaign ads are still running and his Internet fundraising is still operational. McCain's press crew is fully operational. He spent the day with Rick Davis, his lobbyist campaign manager."
Meanwhile, the Huffington Post maintains that across the country, McCain campaign offices are up and running, accepting volunteers, conducting phone banking, literature dropping and other GOTV activities. The Web site called 15 McCain campaign offices in battleground states, and none said it was suspending operations.
NPR's David Greene has mapped out when McCain arrived at the decision to suspend the campaign and what he has been doing since he halted activities.
The Associated Press also reports a live fundraising link on the McCain campaign's Web site. "All of our television advertising at this hour is down," senior campaign adviser Schmidt said Thursday.
A McCain ad was later seen on local television in Las Vegas.