Published 9/3/2008
by Domenico Montanaro
at First Read
From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Back in attack-dog mode, Biden offered a number of counterarguments to Tuesday’s Republican National Convention speeches here today, as well as the McCain campaign chief’s statement that the campaign will not be about issues.
“Well, let me tell you, that means to them this election is not about you being able to scrape up the tuition money to send your kid off to college,” he said. “It's not about whether or not you're going to fill up your gas tank. … That to me is an issue. It's an issue to me and to Barack Obama .”
He also referred to President Bush calling McCain the “man we need,” saying that the Arizona senator certainly earned his endorsement by voting with him “90 percent of the time.”
“It look like we have another Minnesota Twins team up there,” he joked, noting that Fort Myers is the team’s spring training home.
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