do you think the gambit by mccain to fly back to washington last week will payoff?
WASHINGTON – The nation’s frail economy was trapped in a burning building the other day, vast plumes of smoke climbing high into the night. John McCain raced to the scene of the fire, rolled up his sleeves, wiped the sweat from his furrowed brow, summoned his inner hero, kissed his wife and plunged headfirst into the blaze. Minutes later, The Maverick emerged. “The economy,” Wolf Blitzer announced to the viewing audience, “appears slightly charred… but safe, nestled in a blanket, wrapped in John McCain’s arms.” A spectacular moment in cable TV history? Nah, just another day in the McCain campaign, which increasingly is dedicating its time, and the country’s, to a curious series of political stunts designed to… well, I’m not entirely sure what they’re designed to do. Mostly, it just depends on the day. Barack Obama is, of course, guilty of pulling his own share of gimmicky moves. His globe-trotting tour in July and his convention acceptance speech in Denver were, to many, over-the-t
BLUE BELL, Pa. — Sen. John McCain today proposed $52 billion in tax breaks aimed at reducing the impact of stock market losses on the nation’s seniors, providing relief to the unemployed and encouraging savings. Under his plan, unveiled as he campaigned in a suburb of Philadelphia, seniors would pay lower taxes when they tap their retirement accounts and people who sell falling stocks could write off more of their losses. Those who are out of work would no longer be taxed on the unemployment benefits they collect. And those who make a profit by selling long-held stocks would pay only half the capital gains taxes for the next two years. “I will help to create jobs for Americans in the most effective way a president can do this — with tax cuts that are directed specifically to create jobs and protect your life savings,” McCain said to a crowd of about 1,000 people at the Montgomery County Community College. McCain offered the new economic prescriptions a day before he will face Sen. Ba
