Who’s Whining Now?

Will the carnage ever end? Another campaign advisor bites the dust via foot-in-mouth disease.

John McCain’s chief economic advisor Phil Gramm resigned over the weekend after calling the financially-strapped American people “a nation of whiners.”

Gramm blames democrats for his resignation, instead of blaming his ill-timed words. Now that’s what I call a "mental recession."

The real blame should rest with McCain for relying on Gramm to be his chief “educator” on the economic issues he has admitted to not knowing much about.

Phil Gramm has been vice chairman of UBS Investment Bank for over five years and has lobbied Congress on the company's behalf. UBS has lost 70% of its value in the past year due to its part in the subprime debacle.

I guess Phil is no longer the leading candidate for Secretary of Treasury in a McCain administration.

AAWWKKWWAARRDD

Another day, another surrogate with diarrhea of the mouth. This time it is John McCain's economic advisor Carly Fiorina. She decided to stray from the topic of economics and talk about the fact that birth control is not covered by many insurance plans, but Viagra is. A very reasonable point, except that it goes against McCain's Senate vote on the subject.

What follows was a question for McCain that he was just not ready for:



Republican political operative Ed Rollins said it was the most awkward moment he had seen in 40 years of politics. To say the least! With the economy on everyone's mind, the last thing he wants to do is tell women he is not in touch with issues that matter to them, especially with Hillary supporters out there still swaying towards McCain over Obama.

Not to worry, another surrogate will open their pie hole and capture the media's attention.