Obama says McCain should focus on economy

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Barack Obama said Monday that John McCain is trying to shift attention from the troubled economy because the issue is bad for the Republican presidential nominee's campaign.

The Democratic presidential candidate told reporters in Asheville, N.C., that he "cannot imagine anything more important to talk about" than Americans' losing their jobs, health care and homes.

In published reports, an aide to McCain recently said his campaign would like to shift the presidential race's focus away from the economy, which has been a better issue for Democrats than Republicans. Since then, McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, has been questioning Obama's character based on his association with an incendiary pastor and a 1960s radical turned college professor.

Obama, referring to economic turmoil, said: "The notion that we would want to brush that aside and engage in the usual political shenanigans and smear tactics that have come to characterize too many political campaigns is not what the American people are looking for.


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[Lone_Star_Dem]

1. Point to Obama.

Considering the current economic meltdown, this will resonate with voters.

[radfringe]

2. we now know that with McCain it's CAMPAIGN FIRST!!!!!! n/t

[yellowcanine]

3. Obama is playing this exactly correctly. McCain is check mated.

[dhpgetsit]

4. Right on!

The biggest thing affecting our lives today is the lousy economy.
McCain and the Cons have nothing to offer, so they turn to smears and innuendos.

[Joe Chi Minh]

5. Tee... hee That's plain mean! Asking a Neocon to focus on the economy....

What next? People's health? Employment? Wages? Just plain mean!

[Imagevision]

6. Wall St. @ 780 points down we must address the economy

[whistle]

7. Barack Obama needs to make it crystal clear that he has an economic plan which will

...address the crisis and put people back to work, fuck McCain. McCain has nothing. He is the war party and the politics of mass destruction - PMD

[OakCliffDem]

8. Kick