There is no getting around it. Look at where the unemployment rates are climbing. Look at where housing has imploded. Look at the runaway inflation that the GOP says is not a problem. None of this just happened by accident. This is the end result of Republican policies.
Some of the worst economic conditions in the country are where John McCain can least afford them - in electoral battleground states crucial to Republicans' chances of hanging onto the White House.
Florida, Nevada, Georgia, Tennessee and Colorado - states where President Bush won the electoral vote in 2000 and 2004 - have seen their unemployment rate jump substantially the past 12 months, according to the latest readings from the Labor Department.
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