, which refutes the conventional wisdom that suggests since all Presidential candidates essentially express the same views, it may not really matter who wins.Even the politically-charged campaign of 2008 demonstrates this truism, where, on the same day in answer to similar questions, the candidates had this to say about recent economic turmoil on Wall Street:
"We must not bail out the management and speculators who created this mess." (McCain)
And then,
"[We] must not bail out the shareholders or the management of AIG that were making big profits when times were good.” (Obama)
(“McCain, Obama Scramble to Shift Economic Message,” Washington Post, 9/18/08)
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