Pandering to their constituencies like good boys

I-have-7-houses McCain and I've-written-two-memoirs Obama are all about the moolah as of late.

This comes as no surprise after this morning's news.

Democratic nominee Barack Obama insists that the campaign should not be reduced to a "resumé contest" between tickets, but rather a choice over which party would offer a new direction for the nation's economy.

"The American people, who are awfully smart, they're going to be able to make their assessment," Mr. Obama added. "They're going to say, you know what? If we choose John McCain, for all of his good qualities, we're going to get the same kind of government, and if we choose Barack Obama, we're going to get a different one."

As for McCain, he said on CBS' "Face the Nation": "Americans are hurting in a way that they have not hurt for a long time." 

He went on in what I can only describe as some weird reference to the hinterland of his running mate's home state, Alaska. "You know, we've got a very tough sledding to go through."

O.K., that was probably a stretch. But still.

[Source: nytimes.com]

McCain pledges to appoint Democrats to Cabinet

Republican John McCain contends there's nothing partisan about tackling the nation's toughest problems.

"I don't know how many, but I can tell you, with all due respect to previous administrations, it is not going to be a single...'Well we have a Democrat now.' It's going to be the best people in America," said the GOP presidential nominee in an interview with CBS' "Face the Nation".

"So many of these problems we face -- for example, energy independence, what's partisan about that?" he said. "And I'll tell you, some of them, I'll ask to work for a dollar a year."

Many props to you, Johnny.

[Source: ap.org]