Economic Prosperity and Educational Excellence
We will create jobs that stay in America and restore opportunity for all Americans, starting with raising the minimum wage, expanding Pell grants and making college tuition tax deductible. We also believe in budget discipline that reduces our deficit.
Democrats believe that the most effective way to increase opportunity for our families is a high quality, good paying job. The Democratic Party supports fair trade agreements that raise standards for all workers here and abroad, while making American businesses more competitive, and we don’t believe in tax giveaways that reward companies for moving American jobs overseas.
We also believe in balanced budgets and paying down our national debt, while Republicans continue to put huge burdens on future generations by borrowing hundreds of billions of dollars from foreign nations. We want to restore the budget discipline of the 1990s that helped eliminate deficits and spur record economic growth.
Democrats know that the key to expanding opportunity is to provide every child with a strong foundation of education. We will also help expand educational opportunities for college by making college tuition tax deductible, expanding Pell Grants, and cut student loan interest rates.
Politico reports that John McCain was asked how many houses do the McCain family own and his answer was, well, very telling. He. Didn't. Know. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said in an interview Wednesday that he was uncertain how many...
On the campaign trail, John McCain likes to brag about chairing the Senate Indian Affairs Committee that investigated criminal lobbyist Jack Abramoff's role in the Republican culture of corruption. But that is not stopping John McCain from raising campaign cash with one of Abramoff's closest business partners: scandal plagued conservative activist Ralph Reed. According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Reed has "agreed to serve as a member of the McCain Victory 2008 Team" and will host a fundraiser for his campaign on Monday, August 18.
John McCain's army of lobbyists made nearly $1 billion in fees in the past decade, and they are now running his campaign for the White House so he can -- wait for it -- fight the very same special interests...
As John McCain continues his "Job-Killing John" tour in Pennsylvania today, it's clearer than ever how out of touch he is with working Americans. McCain is insulated from the economic struggles of most Americans. As Americans face the consequences of seven months of job losses and spiraling energy costs, John McCain, who owns seven houses, has said that there has "been great progress economically." Perhaps it's not surprising then that John McCain is so out of touch with the struggles facing Americans today that he actually has said that the nation's economic problems are merely "psychological" and why he is calling for more of the same failed Bush policies and politics that have already cost thousands of Americans their jobs.
ExxonMcCain '08 released the following video entitled "Exxon John" about the $4 billion in tax breaks John McCain wants to give Big Oil....
85. McCain Offers More of the Same Failed Bush Policies that Have Already Cost Thousands of American Jobs -- and Supports Deals that Will Endanger More American Jobs.
John McCain is in Pennsylvania today on a so-called "jobs tour," promoting more of the same Bush economic policies that have been a disaster for the state. From supporting corporate tax breaks at the expense of tax breaks for middle class Americans, to proposing billions of dollars in new deficit spending, to advocating for unfair trade deals that have helped his lobbyist friends but led to a loss of over 44,000 jobs in Pennsylvania alone, the McCain Bush economy is the last thing Pennsylvania needs.
With John McCain embarking on a so-called "jobs tour" aimed at hiding his job-killing record, the Democratic National Committee today released a new web video called "Job-Killing John" that highlights his pattern of putting his lobbyist friends ahead of Americas' workers. The video comes days after the leak of an internal McCain campaign memo that shows McCain will attempt to distort the record by falsely portraying Senator Obama as a "job killing machine." In reality--from opposing Buy American rules to supporting unfair trade deals that have cost America hundreds of thousands of jobs--John McCain has repeatedly supported policies that outsource American jobs.
Bush 2007 Budget Proposes Cuts in Veterans Health Care Funding by $10 Billion Over Five Years. Over five years, the budget cuts funding $10.0 billion below the level the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates is needed to maintain purchasing power at the 2006 level. Almost all appropriated funding for veterans goes to provide medical care and hospital services.
On Trade, Bush and McCain Support the Corporate Interests and the Unfair Trade Deals They Support, at the Expense of Working Americans.
John McCain will visit Ohio today amid new revelations about his role in a deal that will cost Ohio more than 8,000 jobs. Yesterday, the Cleveland Plain Dealer revealed that while Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, McCain, and former DHL lobbyist and current campaign manager Rick Davis, played instrumental roles in helping DHL and its German parent company take over operations in Wilmington, Ohio in 2003, despite concerns about the local impact of the deal. Both companies hired Davis' firm to push the deal through Congress, with DHL-Airborne Express paying Davis and his business partner $185,000 in 2003 and $405,000 from the German company Deutsche Post for other work in 2004 and 2005.
Our friends at the Ohio Democratic Party released this web video hitting John McCain and campaign manager Rick Davis on their aggressive role in helping a foreign entity acquire the Wilmington operations of DHL five years ago, and McCain's unwillingness...
Sharpen your pencils and get your Scantrons ready. It's time for a pop quiz on John McCain and energy.
From the "John McCain Will Say Anything" Department, ABC News reports on the nonsensical television ad released by the McCain campaign: McCain Thinks We're Better Off Than We Were 8 Years Ago - But Worse Off Than We Were 4...
Last week, House Republicans threw a temper tantrum at the Capitol when they were unable to force a vote on offshore drilling to help their oil industry contributors. This week, they are at it again. The Democrats are basically saying...
Differences: John McCain receives boisterous, sustained standing ovations from Houston oil executives who then proceed to pump nearly $2 million in cash to his campaign. Working class voters are supporting Senator Barack Obama by a two-to-one margin over John McCain....
At a time of great uncertainty in the economy, millions of Americans of all ages, working and retired, are worried about their economic future -- before and after they retire. That's why voters want to know more about John McCain's...
John McCain says the "fundamentals" of the economy are strong. But, in the real world, 51,000 Americans lost their jobs last month as the jobless rate hit a four-year high. Associated Press: The nation's unemployment rate climbed to a four-year...
This week the McCain campaign has been pushing McCain's "Jobs for America" plan through conference calls and interviews. At yesterday's town hall in Nevada, McCain went out of his way to talk about American jobs and small businesses. But there are a few facts about the negative effects of McCain's same-as-Bush economic policies on small businesses and working Americans that McCain and his surrogates have been omitting on the campaign trail. McCain has a long record of opposing policies that would help small businesses and working Americans.
Today John McCain is continuing to campaign on an energy plan that won't actually help with energy costs and launching more false attacks against Barack Obama, attacks that have already been debunked. What McCain won't discuss is that his recent support for off-shore drilling, and his previous record of opposing renewable fuels and failing to crack down on excessive profits, may not help American families struggling with increased energy costs, but have benefited McCain's campaign, with thousands more in donations from big oil.
John McCain's massive flip-flop on offshore drilling is paying dividends, according to the Washington Post: Campaign contributions from oil industry executives to Sen. John McCain rose dramatically in the last half of June, after the senator from Arizona made a...
Yesterday the McCain campaign hit a rough patch as they tried to escape the fallout over McCain's continued gaffes on foreign policy and ongoing coverage of his promise of four more years of failed Bush-McCain policies on Iraq, energy and the economy.
The fundamentals of our economy are strong, says John McCain. Reuters, however, has a different story: The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits jumped 34,000 last week, government data on Thursday showed, reflecting seasonal volatility typical...
This week the McCain campaign is spinning furiously, trying to place the blame for rising gas prices anywhere but where it belongs - on Washington insiders like McCain. But McCain can't distract from the fact that he's offering more of the same failed Bush-McCain policies responsible for the economic crisis Americans face today.
Big-time donor to the GOP and John McCain is in a bit of trouble: On the day Republican Sen. John McCain surged to victory in Florida's presidential primary, a group of supporters gathered at the elegant Tampa Club for a...
According to statistics provided by the Bureau of Labor, the percentage of working women declined for the first time since the dawn of the women's movement, reported the New York Times. Indeed, for the first time since the women’s movement...
It's only Tuesday, but John McCain is already off to yet another bad week. After spending yesterday explaining how he confused Iraq and Afghanistan and watching the Iraqi leadership reject his vision for the future of Iraq, McCain today is traveling to two states that highlight the economic impact of his decision to march in lockstep with the Bush Administration on the war in Iraq and on the economy.
After a week in which John McCain received more criticism for his ties to top economic advisor Phil Gramm, who echoed Senator McCain's sentiments that America's economic problems were "psychological" by saying we are in a "mental recession," McCain is in Maine today, where his out of touch positions and attitude on the economy will be on full display. Today, McCain will raise campaign cash in Maine with former President George H.W. Bush and his wealthy friends (if McCain was really trying to erase his reputation as being out of touch with Americans and their economic concerns - he might have thought twice about appearing with the elder Bush who himself didn't understand the economy as president.) John McCain is not only taking help from the Bush family to raise money, he's calling for the continuation of the Bush-Republican economic policies that have been a disaster for America's families.
Some headlines to reaffirm Phil Gramm's contention that "we've never been more dominant." "Wholesale inflation is worst in 27 years" "Dollar falls to record low versus the Euro" "Stock drop again amid fears about financials"...
Senator Barack Obama appeared at the NCLR Annual Conference in San Diego, California on Sunday, and introduced a plan to boost small businesses that will help Latino communities prosper. Watch his remarks below:...
After a weekend of watching John McCain's campaign try to distance itself from campaign co-chair and top economic advisor Phil Gramm, the Democratic National Committee today released a new video highlighting the inseparable link between McCain and Gramm. Called "John McCain & Phil Gramm: It's All In Your Head," the new video shows McCain repeatedly praising Gramm's judgment on the economy and echoing Gramm's claim that the economic challenges facing America's working families are "psychological."
The Washington Post ripped the McCain budget proposal in an editorial this morning: SEN. JOHN McCain says that President McCain would balance the federal budget by 2013. The plan is not credible. That pretty much sums it up, but if...
We released the following web video highlighting the shared belief between John McCain and Phil Gramm that these hard economic times are "psychological" and a figment of your imagination.
Here's a topic for your discussion this Monday morning: Even Governor Mark Sanford (R-South Carolina) agrees that John McCain is a third Bush term on the economy. From CNN Late Edition with host, Wolf Blitzer on Sunday: BLITZER: Are there...
Congressman Chris Van Hollen of Maryland delivers the Democratic radio address this week. Rep. Van Hollen discusses Democrats’ efforts to reduce the price of gas at the pump, including their call urging President Bush to free our oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) ripped McCain "econ brain" Phil Gramm over his disparaging comments about Americans feeling the economic woes of Bush/McCain policies. "Gramm has a view of government which is that government is the enemy, not a...
Speaking at a town hall today in Wisconsin, John McCain told a crowd that he is "committed to equal pay for equal work." This is news because, as the McCain record shows, he hasn't been committed to that at all....
From bad headlines to even worse reviews, John McCain's latest attempt to re-launch his campaign with a re-packaging of failed economic ideas has left voters and pundits wondering if his campaign is ready for primetime. On a conference call today, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Niccole Blocker, a small business owner and single mother from Michigan, discussed how John McCain is out of touch with the economic challenges facing America's families every day and how he has continued to receive advice from Phil Gramm, his top economic adviser, who called Americans suffering from the failed Bush economy a "nation of whiners" just this week.
Hire John McCain! And if you don't, McCain economic adviser Phil Gramm really wishes you would stop whining. In the photo below, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland (D) speaks in Portsmouth, Ohio prior to the McCain Economic Forum. (Photo: Ohio Democratic...
Think Progress:In an interview with the Washington Times today, former senator Phil Gramm, who is Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) “econ brain,” blamed the state of the economy on “the conviction of many Americans that economic conditions are the worst in...
John McCain's failed economic policy tour continues, and so does his doubletalk. Though he claims to have a "comprehensive economic plan that will create millions of good American jobs," McCain supports more of the same Bush economic policies that have hurt American workers and unfair trade deals that have led to the loss of hundreds of thousands of American jobs. Not exactly good news to the 200,000 workers in Pennsylvania and Ohio who have lost their jobs under President Bush and the millions more worried about keeping theirs.
If you can't beat 'em, make them up? McCain economists
not so keen on his plan
The reviews are in...
John McCain released a thirteen-page economic plan [PDF] that is comprised of all the same economic policies he has already bandied about but wrapped with a new name and pretty cover. It is, however, missing the original slogan: "Come with...
When John McCain rolls out his "Jobs First" economic tour in Denver today, he'll have a lot of explaining to do to the American people. Senator McCain, according to the Wall Street Journal, "isn't expected to say anything new" and will only "repackage proposals he has already outlined," the equivalent of putting lipstick on a pig. With his support of George Bush's disastrous economic policies that have hurt America, voters will see Senator McCain offers nothing more than four more years of lost jobs, pain at the pump and a squeeze for the Middle Class. [Wall Street Journal, 7/5/08] John McCain's plan only offers more tax breaks to the affluent and corporations in the hope that some of them will trickle down to middle-class families. He has no stimulus plan and offers barely any direct tax cuts for middle-class families, 101 million left out and those with two children getting only $125 in the first year of his plan. As the DNC shows in its new video, John McCain's claim that he'll put American "Jobs First" rings hollow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43HkmMGvL7w.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement after the Labor Department announced America lost another 62,000 non-farm jobs last month--the sixth month in a row to lose jobs--bringing the total to nearly 500,000 this year.
Whether it's the economy or foreign policy, John McCain has shown time and again he is out of touch with the challenges America is facing. Today marks the sixth consecutive month of job losses this year totaling almost 500,000 jobs, but rather than spend time this week talking to the American workers who have lost their jobs as a result of the failed Bush economic policies McCain supports, John McCain spent time in Colombia and Mexico arguing for more trade deals and ensuring that American jobs don't come back to America. But after saying those jobs are not coming back it is no surprise that McCain doesn't seem concerned about American job losses. As he said in 2002, "[i]t has never been my ambition for any child to grow up to work in a textile factory." Not only has McCain not been willing to fight for American jobs, he has not supported investing in the very high tech jobs of the future and education assistance he claims to support.
On a conference call today, DNC Vice Chair Linda Chavez-Thompson, the first woman appointed as an executive vice president of the AFL-CIO, and Mark Levinson, Chief Economist for UNITE HERE, discussed John McCain's trip to Colombia and Mexico, his insistence on continuing George Bush's failed economic policies and his reliance on shady lobbyist advisers like Charlie Black.
Earlier today on Good Morning America, John McCain denied ever saying he did not know economics. To refresh memory of the McCain campaign, we released a new web video highlighting a number of occasions where John McCain openly admitted he...
Today's McCain Myth: John McCain has a plan to create jobs in Ohio.
In the same week John McCain admitted that his new plan to end the moratorium on offshore oil drilling would have nothing more than a "psychological impact" on energy prices, McCain is bringing his out of touch campaign agenda to Nevada. While recent polls show that three quarters of Nevadans oppose construction of a nuclear repository at Yucca Mountain, Senator McCain has repeatedly voted to approve it and now proposes the construction of at least 45 new nuclear power plants. Presumably, Senator McCain's energy plan would require shipping the waste from those new plants to Nevada.
The Democratic National Committee today launched a new website that highlights the dismal records and misleading rhetoric of John McCain's top three economic advisors. With Senator McCain admitting that "economics is something that I've really never understood as well as I should," the question of who is shaping his economic agenda is important to determining what direction he intends to lead the country. The new site , "McCain's Economic Advisors: With Advisors Like These..." highlights the failed, flawed and out of touch policies championed by advisors like Phil Gramm, Carly Fiorina, and Doug Holtz-Eakin.
After years of saying he opposed drilling in our coastal waters, Senator McCain changed his position and has embraced President Bush's vision for offshore drilling. On CBS's Face the Nation, McCain advisor Carly Fiorina tried to defend John McCain's decision to cave in to Big Oil. First, she said Senator McCain changed his mind because he wants to confront rising gas prices. Even the Bush Administration and a former McCain advisor admit that drilling in coastal waters will do nothing to reduce the price for decades. But industry experts, the Bush Administration and even former McCain advisors admit that drilling in coastal waters will do nothing to reduce the price of gas for decades. Fiorina claimed Senator McCain is "approaching the subject of off-shore drilling in a sensible way." But just yesterday one McCain surrogate cited Fidel Castro's beachfront oil rigs to defend McCain's reversal.
Today's McCain Myth: John McCain will help American workers.
John McCain has spent months defending himself from charges that he weighed in on behalf of his lobbyist friends to steer a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract toward a European defense contractor. Despite the fact that seven of his top strategists and fundraisers lobbied for the company, Senator McCain insisted that he "had nothing to do with the contract, except to insist in writing, on several occasions, as this process went forward, that it be fair and open and transparent." In reality, Senator McCain intervened at key steps in the process, echoing the arguments of the EADS/Airbus consortium each time.
The slumping economy has hit the Latino community disproportionately harder with unemployment nearly two percent higher than non-Hispanics according to research conducted by the Pew Hispanic Center. Due mainly to a slump in the construction industry, the unemployment rate for...
In addition to the flip-flop on the offshore drilling moratorium, John McCain added two other flip-flops on energy and the environment. McCain made a major shift in his global warming agenda on cap and trade and redefining the word "mandatory."...
Today's McCain Myth: As president, John McCain would protect American jobs.
Jeff Alberici, an eight-grade teacher in New York, husband and father of three, delivers this week's Democratic Radio Address. Alberici discusses Democratic plans to tackle high energy and gas prices and the Republican efforts to block them without any solutions of their own.
Today's McCain Myth: John McCain has been honest about his economic plan.
Senator Barack Obama kicked-off a two week tour called "Change That Works for You" today in Raleigh, North Carolina to highlight his economic policies and plan to get the country back on track.I’ll take a different approach. I will reform...
Today's McCain Myth: John McCain will provide tax relief for middle class families.
Today, new economic indicators revealed the jobless claims reached a 22 year high, and that the American economy has lost jobs every month this year. It was the latest in a string of reports showing that too many Americans are losing their jobs, paying more for basic goods and services, earning less and struggling to keep their homes. Yet, in the face of months of worsening economic indicators, John McCain continues to echo President Bush's claim that the fundamentals of the American economy are strong in just about every public event. As recently as April, McCain even claimed that the American people are better off than they were eight years ago.
Today, we celebrate the glorious Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) and reaffirm our commitment to the betterment of our schools and the advancement of equality for all.
John McCain said in April that "a lot of our [economic] problems are, as you know, psychological." Ohioans, who are among the worst hit by Bush/McCain style economic policies, disagree. John McCain: he's no economist, nor a psychologist, either....
John McCain's crystal ball must be cloudy. In a speech and new ad today, McCain outlined a list of promises he intends to keep by 2013 if elected. The problem? On all the challenges he outlines, John McCain has either ignored the problem altogether, has no plan, has promised prescriptions that will only make matters worse, or has demonstrated rank hypocrisy.
During his remarks in Ohio this morning, Senator John McCain outlined a fictional account of what he expects the American people to believe he will do as president. In reality, on each of the issues he addresses, Senator McCain has either failed to outline any plans or has actually promised outdated ideas that would make the problem worse.
Today's McCain Myth: John McCain has a plan to balance the budget.
In the latest ABC News/Washington Post opinion poll, 82 percent of Americans say the country is on the wrong track as President Bush hit an all-time low in the poll. The poll findings are bad news for the McCain campaign, which is running on a simple platform of four more years of failed Bush policies.
Today's McCain Myth: John McCain will spend tax-payer dollars wisely.
John McCain is taking a ferry ride down the East River from New York City to Highland, New Jersey. Sounds like a great photo op, no? Turns out, McCain's tour will pass a series of landmarks he opposed funding for or even voted voted against.
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Today's McCain Myth: As president John McCain would work for job security in America.
John McCain is touring through areas with a history of economic and social justice problems (which Republicans traditionally ignore) to portray the presumptive GOP nominee as "not that kind of Republican." He will visit places Republicans actively vote against the...
On the same day President Bush spoke at an economic summit in New Orleans and stated the "we are not in a recession," Pennsylvania exit polls showed nine in ten voters believed the U.S. was in a recession.
After casting himself as a "Maverick" in 2000, the new John McCain is walking in lockstep with President Bush, pandering to the right wing of the Republican Party, and embracing the ideology he once denounced. On the campaign trail McCain has callously abandoned many of his previously held positions, even contradicted himself, in a blatant attempt to remake himself into a candidate Republicans can accept in 2008.
In Youngstown, Ohio today, John McCain, "standing before a nearly shuttered factory pocked with broken windows," tried to sell his failed Bush economic ideas but failed miserably, showing just how out of touch he is with the issues facing America's families. McCain, the ninth richest member of Congress, even went as far as comparing his presidential primary campaign to the struggles of workers hit hardest by the Bush economy in Rust Belt cities such as Youngstown where jobs have left and people are struggling to find work.
Our friends at the RNC on the latest McCain Makeover Tour under the title, "The Forgotten Places of America." His stops in Selma, Thomasville, and Gee's Bend were the first of many unconventional campaign visits where the Senator will spend...
Today, John McCain gave a speech in Youngstown, Ohio where he touched on some of the economic pain that Americans have been feeling. In order to show his audience that he could connect to average voters hurt by the Bush/McCain economy he reminisced about being counted out of the race for the Republican nomination last summer when he had so little money that he had to fly coach and carry his own baggage.
Today Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and DNC Political Director David Boundy announced the rollout of a new field effort to register voters and talk to them about why McCain is the wrong choice for America's future. The rollout coincides with the launch of the DNC's ad, "Better Off," which will be used at organizing events across the country.
Washington, DC - John McCain says that if he became president he would be "changing the way we do business in Washington" and put us "on a path to a balanced budget." But in reality, a McCain presidency would give us four more years of the same fiscal recklessness we got with the Bush Administration. In fact, just this week McCain said that the economy is going pretty well, despite the massive job losses, soaring inflation, and skyrocketing gas prices we've experienced since President Bush took over. But instead of offering a break with President Bush's disastrous economic policies that have hurt America, as the New York Times editorialized McCain "would dig a much deeper hole than even President Bush, exactly what the country does not need." [ABC's This Week, 4/20/08; Time.com's The Page, 4/21/08; New York Times, Editorial, 4/20/08]
Though he has admitted he doesn't understand economics, John McCain tried his hand at an economic proposal for our country this week. Now the reviews are in, and they're not very good. News accounts and expert analyses show McCain's proposals lack details, his numbers just don't add up, and he's the wrong choice for America's future. While the economy continues to slide, McCain is out of touch and offers a third Bush term of recycled economic policies that got us here in the first place.
McCain's economic plan meets resistance on the Republican side as well, with Republicans in the House and Senate "split on some of the details, including a plan to stem the tide of foreclosures and another creating a summer gas-tax holiday."
That headline makes plenty of sense since John McCain doesn't know what he is talking about. John McCain admitted on national television that his economic plan is at odds with experts. But rest assured, he's not winging it. McCain's got experts of his own, and Alan Greenspan's book, too!
Today's Myth: John McCain says he "will not leave office without balancing the federal budget" and at times has said he would even balance the budget by the end of his first term.
McCain pledges to offer help for average Americans, but most of his proposals are aimed at the wealthy and corporations:
Despite the evidence to the contrary, John McCain toed the George Bush line on the economy with a rosy outlook for the future. John McCain's self-professed lack of economic understanding prove to be disastrous for the country.
Adam Blickstein, blogging at Democracy Arsenal for the National Security Network, commented on the President's speech about defense spending this morning. Bush just stated in his speech that spending on defense as a percentage of the U.S. economy was around...
Republicans are struggling to find candidates at the Congressional level this cycle and, in particular, coming up empty-handed in New York. From the New York Times this morning: Heading into this election cycle, Republican leaders in Washington identified dozens of...
Today, the Democratic National Committee announced the second in a series of McCain vs. McCain debates to be broadcast today on www.mccaindebates.com. The debates, which show Senator McCain debating himself, make it clear that even John McCain doesn't agree with John McCain on the vital issues confronting the American people.
The failed economic policies of George W. Bush in action: New U.S. factory orders declined for the second straight month in February, and fell more than twice as much as economists expected, the Commerce Department reported today. New factory orders...
With the economy continuing to slide and John McCain himself admitting he doesn't understand the economy, the role of his economic advisers becomes particularly significant in his campaign. The Washington Post today details the questionable economic records of two of John McCain's key economic advisers and raises questions about what a McCain presidency would mean for America's working families.
Today's McCain Myth: John McCain has a record in Congress working to help families have access to housing.
Today's McCain Myth: John McCain can be trusted to stand up for American jobs.
John McCain is in France today, appropriate since he's been sending them potential American jobs.
Today's McCain Myth: John McCain will fight to keep American jobs in America.
The Democratic National Committee today called on McCain to stand up for American workers when he meets with French President Nicolas Sarkozy tomorrow.
As the economy continues to slide and jobless claims register higher than expected, the Washington Times reports today that on economic issues John McCain is out of sync with American voters.
First, the necessary backstory, via TPM Muckraker:
A recent CNN/Opinion Research poll finds that more than seven in ten Americans believe spending on the Iraq War is, at least partly, responsible for the current economic situation. Also, the poll finds that less than one in three Americans support the war, with opposition at 66 percent.
