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AFPWASHINGTON (AFP) - The sputtering economy has asserted itself as the main concern for US voters less than four months ahead of presidential elections, and with an avalanche of alarming new data it appears unlikely that will change.
Against a backdrop of rising job losses, soaring energy and food costs and a deepening housing crisis, Democratic candidate Barack Obama and his Republican White House rival John McCain are each seeking to convince voters that theirs is the platform capable of restoring the country's prosperity.
But the souring of the economy has been so swift that it is uncertain the next president will be able to steer the badly listing ship back on course.
McCain has stated that permanent tax cuts are the best tonic for the battered economy, while Obama plans a series of massive infrastructure projects.
In the past week, the Labor Department reported US consumer prices up 1.1 percent in June to an annual pace of 5.0 percent, the sharpest rise in the consumer price index in 26 years.
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McLame will be another one trick pony that can't find his ass in the dark with both hands.