I'M STILL AMAZED WHY SO MANY WORKING PEOPLE LIKE THE GOP

Especially when they support the GOP's economic policies and attitudes. You may recall that Phil Gramm, one of McCain's economic advisors, said Americans were being "whiners' about the recession and another major figure in the GOP, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, is similarly cavalier:

PERRY: Why is Texas kind of recession-proof, if you will? As a matter of fact, just today I think, Michael, you said someone had put a report out that the first state that’s coming out of the recession is going to be the State of Texas. I told him, I said, ‘We’re in one?’

Yes, Texas is in a recession and just lost 62,200 jobs in August.