John McCain called for an "economic surge" Wednesday, putting extra heft behind his domestic agenda as both he and Barack Obama stress energy and the economy in battleground states.| How about restoring American competitiveness, John? |
| "We need to open new markets to U.S. products and we need to reduce the cost of health care and we need to end the out-of-control spending in Washington that is putting our debt on the backs of our children." |
"We need to open new markets to U.S. products and we need to reduce the cost of health care and we need to end the out-of-control spending in Washington that is putting our debt on the backs of our children."
Meanwhile, Obama told an audience one state over in Elkhart, Ind., that McCain's claim in an ad the day before that Washington is broken is a belated declaration. "John McCain started running an ad yesterday saying that Washington is broken. No kidding," Obama said. "It's taken him 26 years to figure it out."
And he said McCain has traded in his maverick stripes to embrace the policies of President Bush. "You can't be a maverick when politically it's working for you and then not a maverick when it doesn't work for you, when you're seeking your parties' nomination," Obama said.
Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, who is talked about as a potential running mate for Obama, also criticized McCain at the town hall meeting for aligning himself with Bush. "John McCain is not a bad man, but he is badly mistaken when he has embraced the Bush and Cheney economic policies and he is badly mistaken when he has embraced their energy policies. Someone was telling me this morning that ... his solution to the American energy challenge was to drill, drill, drill. Well it sounded a lot like my dentist to me," Bayh said.
| Very witty. Hah hah. Or maybe he makes it halfway there. When your dentist finds you've got a mouthful of cavities, his program will be to drill, drill, drill. If you're all healthy and glowing he turns you over to his hygenist and leaves you pretty much alone. You might get a sugar-free lollipop when you leave. |