The Energy Wars

At a town hall meeting in Dayton, Ohio, Barack Obama focused his remarks on energy - something the two candidates have been sparring over for weeks. Obama has called McCain’s gas tax holiday a gimmick and says off shore drilling won’t have an impact for years. Neither fix, Obama has said, addresses the larger need.

McCain the lady’s man?

HUDSON, WI — Sen. McCain cast himself as the best choice for American women today during a town hall at J&L Steel Erectors, a female-owned business based in the Badger State. “Women in America not only take care of the children, manage the household budgets and balance the pressures of work and family.

Multi-tasking during a McCain town hall

OAKDALE, MN — While he was hammering away at the ill-effects of sugar subsidies on the American economy during a conference call with moderate and “independent-minded” Virginia voters this evening, Sen. McCain stopped for a moment when he heard what sounded like a faucet running on the other end of the phone.

McCain throws Gramm under the bus

BELLEVILLE, MI — Former Texas Senator Phil Gramm was once talked about as a potential McCain Treasury Secretary but today may be unqualified for Ambassador to Belarus. The presumptive GOP nominee had stern words for one of his senior economic advisers and close friends Thursday after Gramm told the Washington Times that America is going through tough situation