At Town Hall With Palin, McCain Takes Lead In Criticizing Obama

By: John Bentley
Topics: John McCain

(CBS)

From CBS News' John Bentley:

(GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) – While it was Sarah Palin's first time to take questions from voters tonight, the man who credits over a hundred town halls in New Hampshire for reviving his candidacy was also on stage, taking over the role of criticizing the Republicans' rival.

"Sen. Obama said in recent days that he may delay his economic plan because of the adverse impact of his tax increases," John McCain said. "We can't elect a president whose agenda would hurt our economy."

The Obama campaign disagreed with that assessment. "Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin may have taken questions together for the first time, but they didn't give a single answer about what they would do differently from George Bush to fix the economy," said Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor. "Instead of explaining why Sen. McCain thinks the fundamentals of the economy are strong, they offered more lies about Barack Obama's record."

McCain went on to say that he and Palin would not raise taxes, because "the worst thing you can do is raise taxes in difficult times."

But the running mates didn't agree on every issue. When a member of the audience asked if Palin had convinced McCain to drill in ANWR, something McCain said he does not want to do, Palin admitted to trying to change his mind.

"I'm still working on it," she said.

"What do you expect from two mavericks?" McCain said by way of explanation on their disagreements.

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by obamabiden September 18, 2008 10:54 PM EDT: In a few weeks we will make a choice that will decide our future. I follow an economist named Bob Proctor who has called the top and bottom of every market crash since the 70s correctly. He perfectly predicted the current real estate market meltdown, and the picture he paints about what will happen in the next couple years is terrifying. He thinks it could get worse then the great depression. Country wide the largest mortgage bank in the world Bear Stearns, Lehman brothers, and Merrill Lynch which are 3 out of the top 5 Wall Street firms, and now Fanny and Freddy which hold 50 percent of the home loans in the United States. The government took them over because they are essentially bankrupt. Lehman, Merrill Lynch, and Bear Sterns have survived for over 150 years. Bush just like McCain doesn''''t understand the economy, thats not just my opinion it''s his own words. The people that make up these securities use complex math models very few people understand. They are basically bundles of thousand of loans some good and some bad that are then given rules based on complex math. MSN money, Elliot wave and, Bloomberg have many articles. So why are the poll''s even close? The chairman of McCain''s campaign recently said that people don''''t vote on issues they vote on a personality composite, he is trying to sell personality instead of results. Lets teach him we are smarter then that and elect the ticket that can bring us back from the brink of a economic abyss. obama08; Reply to this comment


by dbeasley488 September 18, 2008 7:40 PM EDT: Nothing but a cheering session. alright guys, what about the economy? No answers to anything tonite.; Reply to this comment


by dburfears September 18, 2008 1:35 AM EDT: TWO MORE OF THE SAME.; Reply to this comment


by barbaraf4 September 18, 2008 1:32 AM EDT: Would one of Sarah''s handlers take her in for a complete makeover? Everything, from those glasses to her makeup and especially her hair style(s) are soooooo outdated.; Reply to this comment