What “Solutions”?
Posted by Vriz on May 22nd, 2008
Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were campaigning in Florida yesterday. This is the first serious attempt to campaign in the state for Senator Obama, but Hillary is a familiar face here.
Senator Clinton held her “Solutions for America” rally in Boca Raton on Wednesday. However, her remarks contained nothing whatever about Florida’s economy or what solutions for economic problems our country is currently facing Hillary would champion as President.
Instead, Clinton focused solely on building a case for counting the votes cast in the Florida primary.
Certainly, this is a pressing issue for her campaign right now. And she gave a good speech. But, at an event devoted specifically to the economy, shouldn’t the candidate talk about the fact that Florida lost 72,000 manufacturing jobs lost during the Bush Administration (from 2000-2007), or that as a result of our trade deficit with China, the state lost 71,900 jobs in all sectors between 2001-2006, equaling 1.0% of the total state employment in 2001?
