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Come Home, Says America

August 22, 2008 by John H. Taylor | Filed Under Domestic issues, Election 2008 

Although some hopeful pundits say Sen. McCain’s house gaffe was the tipping point, the New York Times says not so fast — neither of our rich candidates has connected with everyday voters on economic issues:

“Neither Obama nor McCain owns the economy as an issue because they’ve never focused on it, really, in ways that working-class families would identify with,” said Jimmy Siegel, who helped create political advertisements for Mrs. Clinton’s presidential campaign. “Obama has always been about hope and change, in a broad sense, while McCain has always been about foreign policy and experience.”



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