McCain: Out of touch; Out of sync

From my New Oxford American Dictionary:

fundamentals |ˌfəndəˈmentl|
adjective
Forming a necessary base or core; of central importance : the protection of fundamental human rights | interpretation of evidence is fundamental to the historian's craft.
   • affecting or relating to the essential nature of something or the crucial point about an issue : the fundamental problem remains that of the housing shortage.
   • so basic as to be hard to alter, resolve, or overcome : the theories are based on a fundamental error.

noun (usu. fundamentals)
a central or primary rule or principle on which something is based : two courses cover the fundamentals of microbiology.
   • a fundamental note, tone, or frequency..

In a day of buyouts and bankruptcy on Wall Street, McCain again says the fundamentals of the economy are strong.