AP - The economic crisis and raw politics threatened to derail the first presidential debate as John McCain challenged Barack Obama to delay the Friday forum and join forces to help Washington fix the financial mess. Obama rebuffed his GOP rival, saying the next president needs to "deal with more than one thing at once."
AP - Democrats won a key concession from the White House on the financial bailout plan Wednesday and sought to drastically slash the $700 billion size of the rescue. President Bush readied a prime-time speech in a push to persuade resistant lawmakers to back his proposal to stave off a deepening economic crisis.
AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Wednesday that the United States could be headed for another Great Depression if Congress doesn't act on the financial crisis.
The nation's economic crisis took center stage in the presidential race today. Republican candidate John McCain said he was suspending his campaign to deal with the crisis and urged Democratic foe Barack Obama to do the same. McCain also requested that Friday's debate be postponed, but Obama said he believed it should be held.
Frankly I have had it, and I know a lot of other women out there who are with me on this. I have had enough of the sexist treatment of Sarah Palin. It has to end.
The debate over a proposed $700 billion government bailout of the nation's financial system raced forward on Wednesday as a key House committee took up the plan and the White House said that President Bush would address the nation in a prime-time speech.