Both Candidates Call for Stevens to Resign
Today the Los Angeles Times reported, Republican Presidential Nominee John McCain called for Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens to resign Tuesday, after Stevens was convicted Monday of concealing improper gifts. In the past, McCain and Stevens disagreed on issues like Stevens’ pork-barrel spending in Alaska and oil drilling in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge. Fellow Alaskan Sarah Palin said that Stevens should do the “statesmanlike thing” and resign from his position in the Senate. Three other Republican senators in tight races across the country called for Stevens to step aside.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama not only called for Stevens to step down but also said the jury’s decision “wasn’t just a verdict on Sen. Stevens – but on the broken politics that has infected Washington for decades.”
Economy Takes Center Stage in Pennsylvania
Both campaigns were in Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Sen. Barack Obama greeted supporters in Chester with the promise of a renewed focus on the middle class. In an article by the New York Times, he doubted Sen. John McCain’s economic credibility when he said, “John McCain has ridden shotgun as George Bush has driven our economy toward a cliff, and now he wants to take the wheel and step on the gas.”
Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin were together in Hershey, as McCain attacked Sen. Barack Obama’s tax plan to tax families who make over $250,000 annually. According to the Washington Post, McCain even called Obama the “Redistributionist in Chief” because of Obama’s comments to Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher that led Republicans to accuse Obama of being a socialist.
According to the Washington Post, McCain has had to shift his campaign from a focus on foreign policy to the economy as a result of the global economic meltdown. His original intention was to lead a campaign focused on national security. He told reporters for the Washington Post in January, “Even if the economy is the, quote, number one issue, the real issue will remain America’s security.” McCain’s campaign has shifted to talking about taxes in the closing days of the election, a strategy that even Obama strategists think may have an effect on undecided voters.
Today the Los Angeles Times reported, Republican Presidential Nominee John McCain called for Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens to resign Tuesday, after Stevens was convicted Monday of concealing improper gifts. In the past, McCain and Stevens disagreed on issues like Stevens’ pork-barrel spending in Alaska and oil drilling in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge. Fellow Alaskan Sarah Palin said that Stevens should do the “statesmanlike thing” and resign from his position in the Senate. Three other Republican senators in tight races across the country called for Stevens to step aside.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Obama not only called for Stevens to step down but also said the jury’s decision “wasn’t just a verdict on Sen. Stevens – but on the broken politics that has infected Washington for decades.”
Economy Takes Center Stage in Pennsylvania
Both campaigns were in Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Sen. Barack Obama greeted supporters in Chester with the promise of a renewed focus on the middle class. In an article by the New York Times, he doubted Sen. John McCain’s economic credibility when he said, “John McCain has ridden shotgun as George Bush has driven our economy toward a cliff, and now he wants to take the wheel and step on the gas.”
Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin were together in Hershey, as McCain attacked Sen. Barack Obama’s tax plan to tax families who make over $250,000 annually. According to the Washington Post, McCain even called Obama the “Redistributionist in Chief” because of Obama’s comments to Ohio plumber Joe Wurzelbacher that led Republicans to accuse Obama of being a socialist.
According to the Washington Post, McCain has had to shift his campaign from a focus on foreign policy to the economy as a result of the global economic meltdown. His original intention was to lead a campaign focused on national security. He told reporters for the Washington Post in January, “Even if the economy is the, quote, number one issue, the real issue will remain America’s security.” McCain’s campaign has shifted to talking about taxes in the closing days of the election, a strategy that even Obama strategists think may have an effect on undecided voters.
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