Dwindling savings make attacks on Obama less salient

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By Gloria Borger
CNN Senior Political Analyst

... No one can blame Sen. McCain for wanting to run a campaign about character. After all, as a Republican, the fundamentals of the issues were weak ... : a very unpopular president and voters who overwhelmingly believe the nation is headed in the wrong direction ...

Then came the economic crisis. And suddenly, the summertime's amusing Paris Hilton-Barack Obama comparisons seem, well, less amusing. So do the fights over gas tax holidays, another McCain proposal that has fallen off the face of the earth ...

... Negative attacks -- on either side -- somehow seem less salient when you're watching your retirement savings dwindle. Voters want ideas, not punches, no matter how deftly delivered ...

How long ago does "lipstick on a pig" seem?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/13/borger.column/