Spin it, Senators, spin it

Oy. More government. Haven't we learned that problems don't get solved just by adding another government layer? Yes, we have, as Bubba showed in his Administration. But the Senator is running for office, and the tried-and-true approach is to promise more government spending. Yet, aren't there enough government bureaus, department, and layers to make use of them to combat poverty? What is she proposing, a Secretary for Poverty?

Charles Dharapak/Associated Press In Memphis, Clinton Targets Poverty By ELISABETH BUMILLER and JOHN M. BRODER 30 minutes ago

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, greeting Democratic Congressman John Conyers in Memphis, said she’d create a cabinet-level post to fight poverty.

Not to get left out of the spin cycle, Senator McCain, who voted against making ML King's birthday a Federal holiday, went to Memphis to add his two cents to the news cycle.

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Sen. John McCain spoke at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, the site where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed 40 years ago.