BREAKING NEWS
AP NewsAlert Romanians vote for president amid political crisis Israeli aircraft strike tunnels, arms factories Homes under threat as Australian wildfires blaze Rochette triumphs at Skate Canada 5 Long Beach students arrested in alleged groping 2 dead after shooting at Oregon intersection Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after terror attack No. 11 Oregon tops Arizona; on track for Rose Bowl Rhodes Scholars named for 2010 2ND LD: 8th Japanese dies, Busan shooting range fire death toll up to 12+ LEAD: Fire at Tokyo restaurant kills 4+ Polls open in Romanian presidential election Separated twins beat the odds Crisis forcing hard-up Spaniards to sell their hair Teenage girl dies after new-flu infection+ Hugo Chavez invites Fidel Castro to Venezuela 3-alarm Atlantic City boardwalk fire under control Kan against cutting FY 2010 budgets for children, supercomputer+ Desperate retailers seek holiday season rescue
AP: Breaking | Alerts | World | US | Politics | Business | Entertainment | Life | Science | Odd | Sports | Tech
McCain aides: Obama 'cheerleading' market crisis
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Top aides to Republian John McCain are claiming Democrat Barack Obama and his advisers are exploiting Wall Street's financial problems for political gain.
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Aide Steve Schmidt, who worked for the Bush-Cheney team in 2004, told reporters Thursday aboard McCain's plane that Obama is "cheerleading this crisis." He said McCain is seeking a bipartisan solution although Schmidt and aides Mark Salter and Nicole Wallace also said Democratic congressional leaders should be condemned for considering adjourning without addressing the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, the sale of Merrill Lynch and the emergency government loan to insurer AIG.
The aides say the Arizona senator will make the same criticisms during his speeches.
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
