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Article: Economy is top priority for Obama, McCain, and voters.(USA)(Barack Obama, John McCain)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- June 10, 2008
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Byline: Ariel Sabar Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
Washington -- Gasoline prices at $4 a gallon. Home foreclosures at record levels. Most Americans saying they are financially worse off than they were a year ago, the highest number (55 percent) in more than three decades of Gallup polling.
And on Friday, a one-two punch: a stock market plunge and a government report showing the steepest jump in the jobless rate in 22 years.
With the general election at last under way, no policy issue is likely to dominate the presidential race as much as the economy. The implications for both candidates are huge: President George H.W. Bush lost a ...