Last week McCain top economic adviser Phil Gramm made some comments that did not sit too well with observers. He basically said that the recession is a state-of-mind and the American people had become “a nation of whiners”. They were comments that McCain eventually disavowed and Obama jumped on.

This morning when asked McCain surrogate Carly Fiorina made it pretty clear Phil Gramm would not have a position in the Senator’s White House. Now news from the campaign that Gramm has been releaved of his duties and is no longer a part of the team.