Obama: Economy Must Focus on Middle Class
With the debate in Washington set to return to the budget and the economy after the August congressional recess, President Obama today said, āThe stakes for our middle class could not be higher.ā In the first of several speeches set for coming weeks on the economy, Obama told the audience at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill., that because of a Republican-led "endless parade of distractions, political posturing and phony scandals, Washington has taken its eye off the ball."


