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October 22, 2008

Obama, McCain Enter Campaigns’ Last 2 Weeks
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On the campaign trail, Senators Barack Obama and John Mc Cain have
entered the last two weeks of their White House race. Although Obama is
leading nationally, polls show a tight race in several key battleground
states. On Tuesday, Obama campaigned in Florida.

Sen. Barack Obama: “You know, it’s funny. Yesterday I heard Senator Mc
Cain say I’m more concerned with who gets your piece of the pie than
with growing the pie. But make no mistake about it. After eight years of
Bush-Mc Cain economics, the pie is shrinking, it’s not growing. That
means lower wages and declining incomes, plummeting home values, rising
unemployment. So we’ve seen what happens with their policies. We’ve had
an eight-year experiment. We see where it leads. This economic crisis is
the final verdict on that failed leadership. It is time to try something
new.”

Mc Cain, meanwhile, was in Pennsylvania, where he likened Obama’s
comments on the baseball World Series to his stances on tax policy.

Sen. John Mc Cain: “I heard, and maybe you did, too, that Senator Obama
was showing some love to the Devil Rays down in Tampa Bay yesterday.
Now, I’m not dumb enough to get mixed up in a world series between swing
states. But I think I may have detected a little pattern with Senator
Obama. It’s pretty simple, really. When he’s campaigning in
Philadelphia, he roots for the Phillies. Then, when he’s campaigning in
Tampa Bay, he shows love to the Rays. It’s kind of like the way he
campaigns on tax cuts, but then votes for tax increases after he’s
elected.”



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