Long Island

Content Preview

Newsday/Optimum Online® subscribers click here for full access
Not a Newsday or Optimum Online® subscriber? Click here

Candidates should redo slogans, in light of economic crisis

Crisis is clouding the slogans. John McCain's "Country First" sounds like the name of a busted bank, and Barack Obama's "Change We Need" suggests a search for coins behind the seat cushions.

Financial failure has eclipsed war and terrorism. So even an ordinary event like the Manhattan breakfast on Thursday of the Association for a Better New York brought buzz about a gloomy future.

Richard...

newsday.com is now available at no charge to Newsday and Optimum Online® subscribers. To continue reading, please log in or register now.

  • Already
    registered on
    newsday.com?
    log in
  • Already a subscriber
    to Newsday or
    Optimum Online®?
    get access
  • Not a Newsday
    or Optimum Online®
    subscriber?
    click here

Photos and videos