September 28th, 2008 4:20 PM Eastern
Obama Hits McCain for “Katrina Like” Response to Economic Crisis
by Bonney Kapp
DETROIT - Alongside his running mate and his wife, Barack Obama addressed some 35,000 at an outdoor rally in Motor City today, focusing his prepared remarks on the economy. Congratulating both Republicans and Democrats for coming together to come up with an economic “rescue plan.”
“It looks like we will pass that plan very soon,” he told the crowd. “But our job is far from over. Because now that we’re fixing the mess on Wall Street, we need to move with the same sense of urgency to help families on Main Street.
While John McCain suspended his campaign and returned to Washington to help with negotiations, Obama actively worked the phones from the campaign trail, only flying to Washington at the President’s request last week because he didn’t believe infusing the negotiations with presidential politics was helpful.
But that didn’t stop the Democrat from accusing his GOP rival of doing nothing - or worse than nothing - following the crisis. “He doesn’t understand that the storm hitting Wall Street hit Main Street long ago. That’s why his first response to the greatest financial meltdown in generations was a Katrina-like response. Sort of stood there. Said the ‘fundamentals of the economy are strong.’ That’s why he’s been shifting positions these last two weeks, looking for photo-ops, trying to figure out what to say and what to do,” Obama said, mocking his opponent’s decision to return to Washington.
Obama intends on campaigning for the next 36 days leading up to the election, but will return to the Senate to vote if necessary. “If we get a consensus and everybody is popping champagne – then I will probably be going back to campaign with folks who are having a tough time in places like Ohio, and Michigan and Pennsylvania. If this ends up being a close vote or a vote where the outcome is an open question then obviously this is a top priority,” he explained to reporters last week.
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