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Phil Gramm defends capitalism, legacy

Phil Gramm, the former Texas senator, has been on a bit of a legacy-building tour lately. Recall that last summer, as a top adviser to GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, he called Americans a "nation of whiners" whose...


Is Phil Gramm really persona non grata with John McCain?

For months, it was conventional wisdom that Phil Gramm, the former Texas senator, had the inside track to serve as Treasury Secretary if his pal Sen. John McCain wins the White House. Then came all that ugliness about calling America...


Obama hammers McCain again for Phil Gramm's "nation of whiners" quip

Phil Gramm's quip about the "nation of whiners" seems to be the mother's milk of Barack Obama campaign fodder. The Democrats are once again using the remark to whack Sen. John McCain as out of touch on economics. The...


No whining, Gramm turns up at McCain's side

Phil Gramm didn't stay in the dog house for long. Reports from Aspen, Colo., where McCain was attending an Aspen Institute event today, are that the former Texas senator was in the front row, and says he'll spend today...


McCain camp says really, seriously, Dr. Phil is out. Mostly.

The McCain camp is now risking the ire of the Prince of Darkness, taking direct issue with the report from Robert Novak regarding the surrogate who just won't go away. Gramm in or out? Out, says McCain spokesman Jeff...

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