Biden promises end to 'cowboy mentality'

From NBC/NJ’s Mike Memoli STERLING, Va. -- Biden made a pitch directly to women voters here today, focusing on economic issues in particular as he promised to end “a cowboy mentality of the Bush and McCain era.”   “Ladies and gentlemen, these guys have worshipped, they have worshipped at the shrine of deregulation,” Biden told a mostly female audience. “John McCain proudly said not long ago on Wall Street, and I quote, ‘I’m always, I’m always for less regulation.’”   Biden spoke of a conference call he and Obama took part in with their economic team, and outlined short-term and long-term solutions to the current economic situation, and tied it to the intended focus of today’s event: women’s issues.   “When the economy goes south who are the first people who get hurt the most? It’s women,” he said. “We’ve gotta restore both the protections and the dignity, the dignity of work, the dignity women and others deserve in the workplace.”   Surrounded by six Biden women on stage ... (link)