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On the recordSeptember 4, 2008
You would think that George Bush and his potential Republican successor, John McCain, would be spending a lot of time worrying about the economy and all these jobs that are being lost on their watch. But if you watched the Republican National Convention over the last three days, you wouldn't know that we have the highest unemployment rate in five years because they didn't say a thing about what is going on with the middle class.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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Obama criticizes the Republican leadership for ignoring economic issues affecting the middle class.

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