Jonathan Martin, Politico, March 11, 2008
When the February jobs report came out on Friday, economists grimaced and Wall Street blanched.
John McCain, however, said the news was “not terrible” – and Democrats pounced.
“Once again, John McCain demonstrated just how little he understands about the economy,” the Democratic National Committee declared in an e-mail to reporters.
McCain suffered in the Democratic translation of his remarks at a campaign stop in Georgia, as he had acknowledged the jobs news was “not good” and was not terrible only because the overall unemployment rate didn’t rise.
But the broadside was yet another example of what is already among the most popular lines of Democratic attack against McCain: that the Arizona senator lacks expertise on the economy and will be uniquely vulnerable on what is shaping up to be the overarching domestic issue of the campaign.
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McCain’s Next Big Test: Economics 101
Jonathan Martin, Politico, March 11, 2008
When the February jobs report came out on Friday, economists grimaced and Wall Street blanched.
John McCain, however, said the news was “not terrible” – and Democrats pounced.
“Once again, John McCain demonstrated just how little he understands about the economy,” the Democratic National Committee declared in an e-mail to reporters.
McCain suffered in the Democratic translation of his remarks at a campaign stop in Georgia, as he had acknowledged the jobs news was “not good” and was not terrible only because the overall unemployment rate didn’t rise.
But the broadside was yet another example of what is already among the most popular lines of Democratic attack against McCain: that the Arizona senator lacks expertise on the economy and will be uniquely vulnerable on what is shaping up to be the overarching domestic issue of the campaign.
Read More Here