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Article: ELECTION 2008; Tax cuts, but for whom?; Candidates follow partisan playbook, with some twists
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- June 22, 2008
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Four years ago, John Kerry and George Bush launched their general
election campaigns in Wisconsin by talking about jobs and the
economy, pitting a Democratic message of fairness and change against
a Republican message of tax cuts and trade.
If that sounds familiar, it should.
Because something very similar has happened in 2008.
Democrat Barack Obama's first visit since clinching the
nomination came this month in Kaukauna, where he touted "middle
class" tax cuts and bashed the Bush administration for rewarding
wealth over work.
Republican John McCain's first visit as de facto nominee came in
April in South Milwaukee, where he held an "economic summit" to talk
up global trade and "pro-growth" ...