Obama Suspends Campaigning for Debate Prep But Not for Crisis

Sen. Obama says he's good at multitasking and doesn't need to give full attention to the nation's economic crisis. Why then is he taking three days off of campaigning to prepare for a mere debate? Three days that Sen. McCain didn't need for his preparation.

Democrat Barack Obama studied and practiced privately with aides in a Florida hotel Tuesday in the first of three days of intense preparations for his upcoming foreign policy debate with GOP rival John McCain.
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McCain is showing more confidence with a full schedule this week that leaves less time for preparations. His advisers said they saw no reason to clear his calendar to prepare, given the Arizona Republican's decades-long experience on foreign affairs issues and his years of debating colleagues in the Senate.

McCain plans to work with advisers on the debate between campaign events this week in Ohio and Michigan, meetings with world leaders in New York for the United Nations General Assembly and briefings on the Wall Street crisis. He also plans to meet with Bono, the rock star and humanitarian, and appear on the "Late Show" with David Letterman.

It looks like Sen. McCain multitasks better than Sen. Obama.