Obama links energy troubles to Cheney
By TOM RAUM - 3 hours ago
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought on Tuesday to link the troubled economy with administration energy policies that he asserted Vice President Dick Cheney helped shape and rival Republican John McCain would continue.
"McCain has taken a page out of the Cheney playbook," Obama said as he stumped in this key battleground state.
With polls showing concern over gas prices a prime concern of Americans, Obama has been depicting energy as the nation's most pressing national security and economic issue. In that effort, he criticizes McCain as more concerned about oil company profits and drilling than an overall energy strategy.
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YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought on Tuesday to link the troubled economy with administration energy policies that he asserted Vice President Dick Cheney helped shape and rival Republican John McCain would continue.
"McCain has taken a page out of the Cheney playbook," Obama said as he stumped in this key battleground state.
With polls showing concern over gas prices a prime concern of Americans, Obama has been depicting energy as the nation's most pressing national security and economic issue. In that effort, he criticizes McCain as more concerned about oil company profits and drilling than an overall energy strategy.
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