A group of Barack Obama supporters gathered outside the Republican Party’s Boca Raton office at the northeast corner of Dixie Highway and Yamato Road earlier today to protest John McCain’s economic policies.

The protesters also made distinctions between the beliefs of each of the presidential candidates.

“Social Security is vital to the country and future generations. McCain wants the younger generation to forgo Social Security and invest in an extremely unstable market,” protester Barbara Roth said.

Bobby Gravitz, spokesman for the Obama campaign in South Florida, also was on hand. He said Obama is better equipped to handle the challenges of the times. “McCain has called Social Security a disgrace as recently as July, and we believe there is nothing disgraceful about one of the cornerstones of the country,” he said.

Most passersby honked in seeming support of the group, but a well-dressed man in a black Cadillac could not resist the temptation and U-turned several times to confront the protesters.

They bantered back and forth in civil tones about Republican allegations of higher taxes. “There are so many problems and McCain is just more of the same. I have a business in Nashville and had to give my employees gas vouchers to get to work, and now there is no gas at all. I’m not sure what happened to the leadership of this country,” said Greg Harrison.