Obama Camp Response on Gramm Staying as a McCain Adviser

Obama campaign response to Senator McCain's decision to keep Phil Gramm as an economic advisor:

“Senator McCain's economic plan gives nearly $4 billion in tax breaks to the oil companies but doesn't provide any tax relief to more than 100 million middle-class families. But that shouldn't come as a surprise since today we learned that Phil Gramm will continue to advise Senator McCain on economic policy despite calling Americans struggling in this economy ‘whiners,'” said Obama campaign spokesman Tommy Vietor.

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McCain and Gramm

Robert Novak

http://www.delmarvanow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080718/OPINION01/807180320/-1/newsfront2

After Sen. John McCain publicly repudiated his close friend and adviser Phil Gramm's comments about a "nation of whiners" and a "mental recession," the two old political comrades patched up their relationship.

Gramm apologized to McCain for his remarks that gave Democrats an opening against the Republican presidential candidate and provided several days of ammunition for blogs, cable television and radio talk shows. McCain told Gramm not to worry about the expected pitfalls of a campaign surrogate. Gramm will continue as an adviser and surrogate.