Suspending? Really?

David Blaine suspending himself upside-down for 60 hours I understand, he's really got nothing except his publicity stunts.

John McCain suspending his campaigning for President I understand, although I think it's largely a publicity stunt rather than a legitimate need, he at least can make a credible SOUNDING argument as to why it should happen, and so it's yet another "hail mary" play (as others have said) in a long series of them in this campaign.

But Sarah Palin suspending her campaigning as well? What, is the governor of our fourth smallest population state suddenly vital to solving the financial crisis?

She's already far less accessible to the press than any of the other three (and as by far the least well known, arguably needs to be the MOST open), and now instead of keeping the campaign going she's suspending as well?

It makes one wonder, if John McCain dies or becomes disabled will she decide to die or become disabled as well? Her job as his VP is to step in when he can't. Which means she really should be stepping up in his absence. If she's really qualified to be President, this is the campaign's chance to prove that she's really got what it takes by stepping up to fill the gap in the campaign while McCain is handling other things.

Instead, the campaign has decided to take it's pandering "hail mary" pass and throw the pass through the end-zone and into the stands. If this doesn't make it clear that this move on the McCain campaigns part is politics rather than necessity, I don't know what does.

Liam.