Ron Paul Prefers Policy Over Campaign Trivia

Presidential Candidate Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) tells the National Press Club Wednesday that he is too involved in economic and foreign policy to remember the details of his campaign. (0:13)

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U.S. Economic Recovery Should Be Environment, Middle Class Oriented, Says President's Economic Policy Advisor

U.S. economic recovery should be more export-oriented, environmentally oriented, bio and software-engineering oriented, and middle-class oriented, said Lawrence Summers, Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, Friday. (0:28)
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Unemployment Rate Not An Indication Of Recovery Act's Failure, Says President's Economic Advisor

“Unemployment is substantially higher and job loss has been greater than most observers predicted last winter...unemployment is likely to rise in coming months,” said Lawrence Summers, Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Friday. He claimed, however, that “this does not provide a basis for concluding that the Recovery Act is falling short of its goals," since the peak impact of the stimulus on jobs is not projected to be achieved until the end of 2009. (0:30)


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Obama discredits McCain, McCain fights back

Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and Doug Holtz-Eakin from Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) campaign team offer a rebuttal to Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) earlier speech. Burr and Holtz-Eakin explain McCain’s economic policy, saying that McCain is the presidential candidate with the better track-record, refuting Obama’s false claims. (22:00)
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Obama Campaign big on helping “ordinary” Americans

Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-Ill.) economic policy advisor Jason Furman and fellow economist Austan Goolsbee hold a conference call on Obama’s economic policy for the 2008 presidential campaign. They compare and contrast Obama’s proposals with those of fellow presidential candidate Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), saying how Obama’s main goal is to lower taxes for ordinary Americans. (40:00)
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Obama says McCain's economic policies are "out of touch"

At the Associated Press's annual luncheon today, Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) responded to his controversial and highly publicized remarks about "bitter" small-town voters that has led to an onslaught of criticism from opponents calling him "elitist" and "out of touch" with average Americans. Obama said Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is the one who is out of touch because of his economic policies that favor the wealthy. (0:38)
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Conference Call: McCain campaign discusses housing crisis response options

Today Senator John McCain's (R-AZ) campaign held a conference call to discuss his stance on economic policy, and the housing crisis and mortgage foreclosures in particular. RNC Victory 2008 Chair Carly Fiorina and Senior Policy Advisor Doug Holtz-Eakin outlined McCain's policy proposals on how to combat the crisis.
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