McCain campaign manager Rick Davis, in a conference call with reporters today, boldly confronted the big issue on the minds of American voters: Sen. Barack
“„John McCain talked yesterday at length about what he’s trying to do to help stem the financial crisis that exists today, and announced on Monday and talked aggressively every day since then about his new mortgage proposal. There’s very little a candidate for president, and frankly, after watching today, very little even the president can say about what’s happening in the stock markets other than to hope that they correct themselves.
“„I think John’s recommendation for the government to get involved with the purchase of mortgages before they default is probably the best elixir for doing that. Obviously, I can’t imagine a situation where, on a daily basis, a campaign would put out statements related to whatever the market was doing.We hope the market gets better. We think we’ve got the economic policies that, if John McCain is elected president, will improve the markets because they will actually add stability to the financial system that is in so much turmoil today…
“„I don’t know if you really want to turn a campaign into a CNBC news show on the stock market. It doesn’t mean that we don’t care and aren’t trying to something about it. It’s just** I’m not exactly sure what you’d say every day.**