| McCain makes economic pitch in Memphis By Halimah Abdullah Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., urged fellow Republicans
to remember their roots as "tight-fisted stewards of the federal
treasury" and curb excessive governmental spending during his presidential
campaign swing through "...Government should never ask from American families more than
is necessary to do the things they cannot do for themselves. It should
spend money as wisely as they would, and exercise its responsibilities
as competently as they exercise theirs," McCain told members of
the Economic Club of Memphis who gathered at the Holiday Inn on the
McCain’s speech focused on such economic issues as reforming Social
Security, trimming congressional pet projects from the budget and tracking
the success of government agencies. While he maintained his position
that troops should remain in His financially focused address coincided with news of money troubles within his own campaign. According to campaign finance documents, McCain raised less but spent more than many of his Republican opponents. As of March 31, Mc Cain had $5.2 million cash on hand. Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani reported $10.8 million and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney $11.9 million . "I didn’t do a good enough job," McCain said." Copyright 2007, commercialappeal.com - |