Experts say it is difficult to devise programs to aid distressed homeowners without giving everyone else a reason to mail the keys back to their lenders.
Though a focus on taxes is helping John McCain, Sarah Palin is weighing down the Republican ticket, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
AP - With the presidential race in its final days, Republican John McCain campaigned across Ohio, struggling to gain ground against Democrat Barack Obama in a state that the Republican must win to have a chance of capturing the White House.
AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Thursday that Democrat Barack Obama offered few national security specifics in the infomercial he broadcast the night before, accusing him of trying to "soften the focus" in the campaign's final days.
AP - Scared and out of money, Americans stopped buying everything from cars to corn flakes in the July-September quarter, ratcheting back spending by the largest amount in 28 years and jolting the national economy into what could be the most painful recession in decades.
The Obama and McCain campaigns Thursday used Exxon Mobil's announcement of record profits to attack each other. "The Exxon Mobils of the world don't need a tax break," Joe Biden said. "John [McCain] and Gov. [Sarah] Palin have this upside down." McCain accused Barack Obama: "Sen. Obama voted for billions in corporate giveaways to the oil companies."