McCain seeks traction on economy

On the eighth day before the election McCain decides to send this message via the media.
Too little, too late.

McCain is out of touch with reality. He is using tha same philosophy he did for the past 8 years right along side Bush.

The spreading of wealth will not come from the 1% as he states. It will be the same old same thing if McCain is elected.

Oh God I hope this circus act does not become the next President...

We, as a country, will be in dire straights as the ultra liberals take control of the executive and legislative branches. If the judicial branch falls victim, America may have both its’ longest recession on record and the deepest tattering of moral fibre. Federalism will become extinct.

Who would have thought that this race would end as it is ending in distortions, confusing messages, misleading statements, lies, poor leadership and judgment? Desperate times require desperate tactics. We have had 2 yrs to watch every candidate, and we are ready to pass judgment. I guess they will continue to scrap the bottom to make their case. Imagine what America will look like if they prevail.

This is a very strong pitch by McCain but it's too little too late.... why didn't he do this earlier in his campaign? All the mud slinging has been killing him.

Retreat from Iraq is not possible military strategically !!!!

It is not an opinion but the truth !!!!

Retreat is a different issue regardless of invasion into Iraq !!!!

Pulling back shall make a genocide in Iraq !!!!

Iran shall have nuclear weapon to wipe off Israel from the world map !!!!

Israel shall attack Iran for defense !!!!

The other Arab countries shall attack Israel !!!!

Al Qaida shall attack America with nuclear weapon given by Iran !!!!

Remember 9.11 forever !!!!

I don't get it. Why is McCain "seeking traction on the economy?" Just last month McCain said the economy was fine.

McCain is a joke. He used to have a lot of respect across the ideological spectrum, but he has run this campaign quite foolishly, starting with his selection of Sarah Palin. He is going to lose big and the GOP will be in full retreat. It will probably take 8-12 years for the GOP to recover from the Bush fiasco; McCain needed to distance himself from Bush not this week but 4-5 years ago. Nobody believes him now when he says he's different from Bush. Obama is 15 points ahead in NH for crying out loud, and he will win easily on Nov. 4.

Let's face it, we are at a crossroads in this nations future and the next president will need to make a choice, down one road is never ending suffering and despair and down the other is meaninglessness and moral decay. Hopefully we can do the right thing.

What do you mean too little too late? This is the same thing McCain has been saying all along. I guess you were too busy worrying about how much Sarah Palin's clothes cost.

Hey Dantheman...McCain's going to create jobs! HA!!!! Dub-ya said a few years back in March that he was going to create 1,000,000,000 jobs (yes, a million). First of all, no one is that powerful. And yes, it didn't happen!!! McCain is a pathetic, low class, angry little piece of garbage, like his (poor choice of a ) running mate, and that witchy bimbo he's married to. Yeah, cut Medicare, John, and tax our healthcare benefits...oh, and yes, i really want to BUY my own healthcare. Can you afford that? I DOUBT IT. Have you ever made a COBRA payment because that's pretty much what you're looking at. About $10K/year for family; $5K for single folks.

Southpaw...
We'll be able to afford that wih McCain's plan. Not Obama's.

I hope that everyone looking for a job finds one. Then again I have a job. It's not my dream job, but I show up everyday and work hard and pay my bills. Come to think of it, my company has a lot of open postitions, but I guess none of them are good enough to those who have too much of a sense of entitlement to start at the bottom and work their way up.

I would rather pay for my own health care than have someone take money away from someone else who has worked hard his entire life to become wealthy. We Republicans are so dumb... always working hard to earn money and pay for things ourselves rather than just looking for handouts from the government. I'm going to go apply for food stamps now.

Well, I hope Obama wins, first off. And if not, then I have a question for you, McCain. Why are YOU not getting ready as if you are going to be president, if what you claim is true (that you will win)? You, as well, should be preparing because every second counts in this tumultuous era we live in. Who are going to be your alliances? Haig over Powell, HA!! Plan a little better than you did with your choice in running mates, for the love of this world. Tell us now who they will be!!!!!!!!!!!

McCain and the neo conservative movement have not only destroyed the Republican Party, but would destroy the country if elected. Please for the love of country vote Obama.

Yes Dantheman, you are dumb, you vote against your self interest. You let the corporations, religous right and lobbiest run your party. You don't ever consider any new ideas and just rant the same mantra over and over. You fail.

McCain is so full of crap with his I am going to help Americans speech!

Please spare on the crap and just give us the real straight talk. You will not do anything differently then what you have done for the past 8 years since siding with the Bush philosophy of helping himself to a majority of the pie. While the rest of America struggles to make ends meet.

The McCain/Palin ticket is the biggest joke I have ever seen in all my voting years.

If McCain is elected, then I would have to find 6-7K more a year to cover my insurance costs. What a foolish idea this old man has. It just goes to show out of touch he is with the real world.

Spread the word and vote for Obama. We need change and having Americans shell out more for a foolish insurance policy that McCain is proposing is not the change we need.

My vote is for Obama! Join me in voting for a real leader!

Why do liberals hate President Bush so much?

He’s given them a great deal of what they want.

More money for healthcare (Medicare Part D)

More federal money and involvement in education (No Child Left Behind, written by Ted Kennedy)

A lot more protected conservation areas (The Hawaiian National Monument).

Used the military for humanitarian purposes (Iraq)

Kicked the most theocratic regime in the world out of power (The Taliban in Afghanistan).

He’s increased federal spending at a faster rate than anyone since LBJ.

He increased regulation of the financial markets (Sarbane Oxley).

He increased public interest in alternative energy and conservation (high gas prices)

Nationalized a lot of the financial services industry.

What more do you want? Bush may be the most liberal president ever.

McCain was right then.. Obama is right now............

During the 2000 campaign, on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” a young woman asked McCain why her father, a doctor, should be “penalized” by being “in a huge tax bracket.” McCain replied that “wealthy people can afford more” and that “the very wealthy, because they can afford tax lawyers and all kinds of loopholes, really don’t pay nearly as much as you think they do.” The exchange continued:

YOUNG WOMAN: Are we getting closer and closer to, like, socialism and stuff?. . .

MCCAIN: Here’s what I really believe: That when you reach a certain level of comfort, there’s nothing wrong with paying somewhat more.

If by criticizing Obama as measuring the drapes he means Obama is working hard on putting in a transition team that will be prepared to name Department Secretaries and get started with crafting policy then I think it is the critic who is out of touch. Obama's team worked hard over months and came up with a qualified credible VP choice. McCains choice was spur of the moment and designed to promote his candidacy but she is "out of her league" were she to take office.

McCain may well have picked Palin well in advance, he just played it real close to the vest to surprise Obama and take the wind out of his post-convention bounce.

Why would you think Palin is out of her league but Obama is not out of his?

Obama is not left wing. He is a radical. He will take your money and give it to people he decides are more deserving in his radical view. The stock market is falling because the market fears this redistribution of wealth and higher taxes by Obama. Obama can't possibly raise the revenue he plans on spending in his redistribution plans by taxing the "rich". His salary cap won't work. He will have to lower his $250,000 salary cap. Then you will be paying for the redistribution he intends on effecting. If you pay any income tax at all you will be paying higher taxes under Obama. Given that congress(democrats and republicans) have screwed up this economy up over the last 30 years; why would anyone want to give them any money.

Both candidates want to start to buy up bad mortgages and renegotiate the principle owed so the people that are 3-4 months behind will end up with a nice little windfall. This will perpetuate into the system and other people will also stop their mortgages to get a piece of this new free pie. We must not reward bad behavior and Let the free markets work the problems out on their own.

This seems more like jokes for america... particularly his plan to pay with Federal money the difference between morgage and home values...