Telegraph
Barack Obama has mocked John McCain, the Republican he is vying to battle for the White House, as an out-of-touch insider who "thinks our economy has made great progress under George W. Bush"
The Democratic candidate was speaking in Erie as he prepared to embark on a "whistle stop" train journey through Pennsylvania, hoping for an upset in the state in Tuesday's primary, equal to that achieved nationally by President Harry Truman when he recaptured the White House 60 years ago.
In economically hit Erie in north-western Pennsylvania - considered Hillary Clinton country - Mr Obama sought yesterday to woo voters with a populist pitch on the economy.
He pivoted away from Mrs Clinton, his rival for the Democratic Party's nomination, dismissing her with only a passing disdainful reference to "spin and PR and double-talk" and instead concentrated his fire on Mr McCain.
"Here's what John McCain calls great progress," he said to boos and catcalls directed at the Republican nominee.
Reviewing the Bush years, he said: "We went through the first period of sustained economic growth since World War II that saw incomes drop. Eleven million more Americans don't have health care. Two million more Americans are out of work.
"Millions of families are facing foreclosure. The poverty rate has gone up. You are working harder for less. You're paying more for tuition, you're paying more for groceries, more at the pump, that's what John McCain calls great progress.".....
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