In his speech last night to the Republican National Convention, President Bush talked about a lot of different things: Hurricane Gustav, oil drilling, a painting of a mountain in Texas, and his wife Laura.
But there was something missing from Bush's speech -- any mention whatsoever of the economy.
Of course, he had good reason to avoid this topic. Right now the economy is in shambles for the majority of Americans. Unemployment is way up, wages are down, millions of homes are in foreclosure -- and much of the blame falls on George W. Bush.
Now John McCain is proposing an economic plan that doubles-down on Bush's failed policies. Like the President, McCain probably doesn't want to talk a whole lot about this -- in fact he readily admits the economy is not his strong suit. Last December, McCain told the Boston Globe,

"The issue of economics is not something I've understood as well as I should."