If Senate Democrats Slam McCain, Will Anyone Hear?

• By Emily Pierce
• Roll Call Staff
• July 10, 2008, 3:50 p.m.

Despite the media hubbub over former Sen. Phil Gramm’s (R-Texas) comments that the U.S. is in a “mental recession” and a “nation of whiners,” only a handful of reporters showed up Thursday to hear Senate Democrats blast the high-profile economic adviser to presumptive Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (Ariz.).