Obama-Biden focus on 'middle class' fight

From NBC/NJ's Athena Jones and Mike Memoli GREENSBORO, NC -- Obama kept the focus on the economy Saturday, arguing at a North Carolina rally that last night’s debate showed McCain was out of touch with the concerns of ordinary Americans who are struggling economically. The senator was back in North Carolina for the second time in a week, a traditionally red state that his campaign still appears to have in its sights. It was the beginning of two days on the trail with his running mate Joe Biden , with whom he has not campaigned since just after the Democratic convention. As they did in the days after Denver, during the Republican convention, the pair stressed what McCain did not talk about during the debate to show where his loyalties lay. “Last night we had a debate and on issue after issue – from taxes to health care to the war in Iraq – you heard John McCain make the case for more of the same. The same policies that got us into this mess,” Obama told the crowd standing under the ... (link)