Former Senator Phil Gramm, a top McCain economic adviser, said today that America was in a "mental recession" and that we had "become a nation of whiners." According to Gramm, this is due to the liberal media feeding us bad information.
Wow. Talk about off-message. McCain quickly rejected this statement as not representing his beliefs, while Obama labeled it out of touch.
This is a potential problem for McCain. There is a narrative that McCain is weak on the economy (and potentially out of touch). McCain himself noted, "The issue
of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should. I've got Greenspan's book." If Obama can successfully label McCain weak and out of touch on the economy, he stands a very good chance of winning the election. Currently, the economy is far and away the most important issue on voters' minds. Expect to see Gramm's remarks come up again and again in the coming days and months in Obama's speeches and paid advertising.
How damaging do you think this is for McCain?
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