Obama blasts GOP economic policy as 'reckless'

By MIKE GLOVER, Associated Press Writer

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By Beth Boehne

Story Created: Jul 30, 2008 at 11:47 AM EST

Story Updated: Jul 30, 2008 at 11:47 AM EST

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he's offering fundamental change from what he calls "reckless" Republican economic policies that have hammered middle-class families.

The Illinois senator says his rival John McCain plans to stay on the economic course charted by President Bush.

Obama was speaking to thousands jammed into a high school gymnasium in Springfield, Mo., the first stop on a bus tour devoted to discussing economic security.

Obama says he's offering voters the chance in November to reclaim the idea that opportunity in this country is open to anyone who's willing to work for it. By contrast, he says McCain thinks we're on the right track even though economic anxieties grow daily.

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