Obama hits McCain on the economy

From NBC/NJ's Athena Jones JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- With the election one day away, Obama returned to a central theme of his campaign: McCain is not prepared to be the steward of the nation’s economy at this difficult time. The Democratic nominee congratulated his rival on the tough race he had fought before going on to riff about how electing him would mean a continuation of the bad economic policies of George Bush -- another of his campaign’s main arguments. Calling economy “central issue in this election,” Obama reminded the audience here about a phrase McCain had uttered in the same arena, which he said showed the Arizona senator did not understand the depth of the economic crisis the country was facing. “Remember what he said when he was here in Jacksonville on September 15th? That day, more than 5,000 jobs were lost and more than 7,000 homes were foreclosed on,” he began. “The day before, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said we were in a 'once in a century' crisis. And yet, ... (link)