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...Even now, most of them still haven't figured out how to address the economic concerns of voters. Says Romney adviser Weber: "Republicans are having a harder time finding their voice in this changed economic environment." When McCain was asked at the most recent Fox News debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C., what he might offer as a short-term, immediate fix to stave off a recession, he replied, "The first thing we need to do is stop the out-of-control spending." While curbing government spending is a good idea as a matter of policy, and a sure-fire applause...
...countries. In events Thursday, he also began sounding old southern states' rights notes, which have been so explosive in past cycles. "You don't like people coming from outside the state coming down and telling you what you want to do with your flag," Huckabee said in Myrtle Beach Thursday, according to a report by CBSNews.com...
...ride on his large, red-costumed camel on Kenya's picturesque eastern coast. But ever since last month's fiercely contested presidential elections broke into violence, tourists have stopped flocking to the coastal town of Mombasa - and Aden's camel sits in the middle of a glistening white beach - alone...
...Since morning there's been no business," complains Aden, who is covered in sand as he brushes the tan hairs of his camel. Behind him stretches a nearly empty beach bordered by a sparkling aqua-blue ocean. Aden previously earned around $60 a day; he says that number is now down to nearly zero...
Kenya's peak season for tourism is between December and February. The Kenya Tourist Board estimates that $75 million will be lost in revenue for January and another $90 million in February. Mutie says that most of his beach colleagues have returned home in northeastern Kenya to take up farming. "Mombasa people are starving," says curio seller Elias Gitonga. He sits on a carved ebony stool surrounded by miniature carvings of elephants and giraffes. "We couldn't imagine all the tourists going away and us being left alone...