Dem Presidential Candidates Call Out McCain On The Economy

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.laborradio.org/node/8215

On Thursday, the two Democrats running for President laid out how they would help the struggling economy, while targeting Republican Presidential candidate John McCain. Jesse Russell reports:

The message from Presidential candidates Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on Thursday to their Republican rival Senator John McCain was clear, "what are you going to do about the economy?" Both Clinton and Obama gave speeches on Thursday laying out how they would tackle the big issues facing the economy and hitting Americans hard in the wallet. And both had strong words for McCain. Obama said the Arizona Senator’s economic plan was lacking:

: "Unfortunately it amounts to little more than watching this crisis unfold. While this is consistent with Senator McCain’s determination to run for President Bush’s third term, it won’t help families that are suffering and it won’t help lift our economy out of recession."

Clinton also had similar strong words:

: He’d rather ignore the credit crisis, and the mortgage crisis, or blame middle class families instead of offering solutions on their behalf. I think we’ve had enough of a president who didn’t know enough about economics and didn’t do enough for the American middle class.