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McCain Prepping 'Contract With America' Style Economic Plan
Sen. John McCain is putting together a major economic plan that will be structured, in some ways, off of Newt Gingrich's famous Contract With America. In an email obtained by the Huffington Post, the Arizona Republican's chief of staff, Marc Buse, asked an outside adviser for help with a ...
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John McCain Prepares Massive Economic Plan… Does He Know That He Lost?
Wonkette » top — ... and good god, someone please get this troll some Lexapro. Oh hey look, he’s just finished the latest list, let’s catch a bit of the action: So it’s fair to presume that his New Ten-Point Contract With America once unveiled will just be a printout of random six-figure dollar amounts, each pegged to a wacky-sounding combination of proper nouns, and it will simply print and print and print while The Swedish Model looms on the horizon. McCain Prepping ‘Contract With America’ Style Economic Plan [HuffPo]

McCain Preparing Economic Plan
Taegan Goddard's Political WireSam Stein obtained an email from Sen. John McCain's chief of staff that suggested the Arizona senator was putting together a major economic plan structured, in some ways, off of Newt Gingrich's famous "Contract With America." ...

Hullabaloo — Contract With His Pants by digby St John of Sedona has decided that what this country really needs is more inane ramblings from him about the economy: Sen. John McCain is putting together a major economic plan that will be structured, in some ways, off of Newt Gingrich's famous Contract With America. In an email obtained by the Huffington Post, the Arizona Republican's chief of staff, Marc Buse, asked an outside adviser for help with a "ten principles" program that the senator could use as a "definitive" platform. "We ...

Sen. McCain Leads the Charge! (Err, Anyone Have Any Ideas?)
Blah3 Feed — Out of such High Principles an opposition is born! Sen. Barney Rubble...err, McCain...is finally ready to tell that Obama feller a thing or two about how to run an economy--that is, if someone would only tell him what those things are: ...

Remainders: Schumer takes credit
Ben Smith's Blog — Obama at the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Schumer takes credit for Freeman's ouster. Some Republicans tiptoe around attacking Obama. Pelosi says she's ready for round two. McCain's working on his own contract with America. Banks still aren't confident enough in Obama's policies to lend. Burger King joins the anti-Employee Free Choice Act cause. LaHood comes to Obama's defense. Van Jones is tapped as special advisor on green jobs. Daley picks up. some ...

Government By Underpants Gnomes
Balloon Juice — ... Apparently Sam Stein piece informs us that John McCain is working on a ten point plan of economic principles for the GOP. What is in it, I wonder: ...

McCain's ready to figure out his economic principles
Political Animal — MCCAIN'S READY TO FIGURE OUT HIS ECONOMIC PRINCIPLES.... Funny, most politicians with national ambitions come up with an economic agenda and then run for president. John McCain has apparently decided to try the opposite . Sen. John McCain is putting together a major economic plan that will be structured, in some ways, off of Newt Gingrich's famous Contract With America. In an email obtained by the Huffington Post, the Arizona Republican's chief of staff, Marc Buse, asked an outside adviser for help with a "ten principles" program that the senator could use as a "definitive" ...

St. John To The Rescue
Newshoggers.com — ... But none of that will not stop St. John - he's going to come up with a new 10 point economic contract with America.  Now this is a work in process but let's take a look at what he has so far. ...

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