Stressful times lead to more "politic wars"

Having an election during such a stressful time puts a lot of pressure on the candidates. The article, Obama Rebuffs McCain on Debate Delay, talks about one of the many issues being dealt with at this time. Economy. John McCain wanted to delay a debate that was going to take place at the University of Mississippi because of the economy crisis. McCain believes that there is a time for both parties to come together to solve problems instead of putting politics first. Barack Obama agrees, however, he feels that this is a time were the people need to hear from their candidates. He thinks that presidents are supposed to be able to handle more than one thing at once, and in a time like this they are supposed to step up and help their people. So, inevitably, Obama rejected the call for delay. My thoughts on this are back and forth and back and forth. Both candidates make excellent points, but I can't decide which one I agree with. I agree that the candidates should let the people have time to deal with the stress of the economy on their own because they will be able to take care of things if they have less to worry about. However, I agree that the people need to hear from the candidates right now because the candidates are supposed to be leaders. In the future, if our president can't handle big issues like so, then who knows what chaos America will end up in. By the looks of things, there are more problems to come up before things get better. The economy has been going down for years and even though it seems that this is the worse point, it will only get worse before it gets better. With prices high, homelessness, environment problems (such as global warming, pollution, etc.), debts, resources running low, war, high crime rates, etc., how will McCain be able to handle all of that if he can't handle having a debate in an economy crisis? With the bailout not passing, the DOW dropping, banks closing, and big investment companies going into bankruptcy, how does this reflect on McCain? What has he done to help the economy? Although, Obama hasn't helped the people of America in this time either. Sure he says all of these great things, but what did he follow through on? I personally believe that right now both candidates need to step back and look at the situation together and with other congress men and women. The candidates, congress men/women, advisers, and president Bush need to put politics aside. There is a time and a place for competition, but not during a crisis like this, now is not the time. They need to come up with a solution, and actually follow through with it. We, as Americans, made this happen; so together we can fix it again. Most people don't realize that we have the power to control the stocks and the economy. Individual people can't change things, but together we can. Sure it sounds simple, and I know it's not. The economy didn't just get this way though. Things don't just happen. It happened because of our spending habits and our use of our limited resources. If we stopped using so much gas, it wouldn't be so limited. Little things like that can make a huge difference, it will just take time. People are acting like no one saw this coming and that all of the sudden it just happened. But some people saw this coming, and we've been going down hill for a while now so it's not just a sudden drop.