Economy

Economy

Democrats

Republicans

  • Barack Obama

    Barack Obama

    Will cut taxes, but occasionally hit up Oprah on behalf of treasury.

  • Joe Biden

    Joe Biden

    Makes his own contribution by investing heavily in teeth-whitening toothpaste.

  • John McCain

    John McCain

    "Once we win this ideological war on radical Islamic extremism which will rage for thousands of years, then we will concentrate on the economy."

  • Sarah Palin

    Sarah Palin

    "If running the U.S. economy is anything like running Alaska's, things will be fine once we reduce the number of caribou in the streets."

Third Party Candidates
  • Crebeckler

    Joad Cressbeckler

    Advocates dual approach of "quitting your bellyaching" and "finding your own damn gold."

  • Ralph Nader

    Ralph Nader

    "Eh, let's worry about that kind of stuff later."

  • Bob Barr

    Bob Barr

    Repeal the relevant constitutional amendments, and it will be fine.

  • Cynthia McKinney

    Cynthia McKinney

    Plans to triple the number of "Do you have a moment for the environment?" jobs by 2010.

Former Candidates
  • Hillary Clinton

    Hillary Clinton

    "We need to create new jobs in this country—green collar jobs that can help our economy and our environment. And I'd like to point out that that's my term—'green collar' jobs. See, I can come up with exciting phrases."

  • Mike Huckabee

    Mike Huckabee

    "Shucks, to me, the economy is just a bunch of fancy numbers and Washington politics."


Nov 08, 2009