Rearview mirror analogies galore

From NBC/NJ's Athena Jones SARASOTA, Fla. -- At an early vote rally in a county President Bush won the last two elections, Obama talked about new data showing an economic slowdown, saying they were a result of the failed, trickle-down economic theories that McCain would continue. “If you want to know where John McCain will drive this economy, just look in the rearview mirror. Because when it comes to our economic policies, John McCain has been right next to George Bush. He’s been sitting there in the passenger seat ready to take over every step of the way,” Obama told about 13,000 people at a baseball stadium. “At a moment like this, the last thing we can afford is four more years of the tired, old economic theory that says we should give more and more to billionaires and big corporations and hope that prosperity trickles down to everyone else." "The last thing we can afford," he added, "is four more years where no one in Washington is paying attention to what’s going on Wall Street ... (link)