LAKE WORTH, Fla. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Tuesday that Republican John McCain is offering “willful ignorance, wishful thinking, outdated ideology” for an economy in crisis.
“While President Bush and Sen. McCain were ready to move heaven and earth to address the crisis on Wall Street, the president has failed so far to address the crisis on Main Street, and Sen. McCain has failed to fully acknowledge it,” Obama said at a jobs summit his campaign staged in economically precarious and politically significant Florida.
Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter participated in the 95-minute discussion.
Obama said McCain’s response to the limping economy doesn’t offer enough to people worried about keeping their jobs, their homes and their lifestyles.
Along with Ritter, the event included the governors of Michigan, Ohio and New Mexico; Google chairman Eric Schmidt; former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, an Obama campaign adviser; and local business owners.
