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Obama slams McCain's stance

By S.A. Miller
April 10, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama checks the price of eggs in East Norriton, Pa., yesterday. He says his Republican rival will "sit idly by" as the economy worsens. (Associated Press)

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Sen. Barack Obama yesterday said presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain planned to "sit idly by" while the economy foundered.

"It's time to end the Bush-Cheney-McCain policy that tells the American people, 'You're on your own,' because we're all in this together," Mr. Obama said at a rally in Malvern, Pa., where he campaigned for the state's Democratic primary April 22.

McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds called Mr. Obama's attack "heated rhetoric."

"The question facing Americans on the economy is simple: Trust John McCain's record of keeping taxes low and fighting wasteful government spending or support Barack Obama's expensive calls to grow government and raise taxes on working families."

Mr. Obama, of Illinois, also took a swipe at rival Democrat Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, who has seen her double-digit lead in the Keystone State slip to about 5 points in recent polls.

"We let go of the past, but we never finished that bridge to a future of lasting prosperity," he said, referring to President Bill Clinton's 1996 slogan about building a bridge to the 21st century. "Instead, we lost that common stake in each other's prosperity."

Mrs. Clinton, who needs a decisive win in Pennsylvania to help keep her in the race, is struggling to shore up union votes after revelations a top adviser worked on behalf of a trade deal she opposes.

She got a boost yesterday from Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Democratic rival John Edwards and a cancer survivor, who said Mrs. Clinton's health care plan would "be more successful" in achieving universal coverage.

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