reuters.com - 10/22/2008
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The financial crisis has "thrown a wrench" in the plan of U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain to balance the budget in his first term, his economic adviser Doug Holtz-Eakin said on Monday. McCain has pledged to reduce government spending and balance the ...
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realclearpolitics.com —
WASHINGTON -- Contrarian that I am, I'm voting
for John McCain. I'm not talking about bucking the...
polls or the media consensus that it's over before it's over. I'm talking about bucking the rush of wet-fingered conservatives leaping to Barack Obama ...
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McCain Campaign Backtracks On Balanced Budget Pledge, Admits It Might ‘Take Longer’ Than End Of First Term
Think Progress —
... Yesterday, however, in a debate with Obama economic adviser Austan Goolsbee at Columbia University, McCain adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin significantly lowered the bar for McCain. Holtz-Eakin admitted that the economic crisis makes McCain’s balanced budget promise “harder,” thus it will take “longer” to implement: ...
About that balanced-budget promise....
Political Animal —
ABOUT THAT BALANCED-BUDGET PROMISE.... The notion that John McCain can inherit a half-trillion dollar deficit, cut taxes by hundreds of billions of dollars, respond to a massive financial crisis, keep two wars going, and eliminate the entire budget shortfall in four years is utterly ridiculous. This week, the McCain campaign walked the senator's promise back a bit . The financial crisis has "thrown a wrench" in the plan of U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain to balance the budget in his first term, his economic adviser Doug Holtz-Eakin said on Monday. McCain has ...
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