presidential debate

OXFORD, Miss. – Sen. Barack Obama laced into Sen. John McCain during the first presidential debate on Friday, repeatedly telling McCain “you were wrong” on the key foreign policy issues facing the U.S. Obama blasted McCain for supporting President Bush’s “failed” policies against Iraq and Al Qaeda, tweaked Republicans for failing to catch Osama [...]

It took some followup from host Jim Lehrer, but tonight Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain finally went on record as saying he’ll vote for a bailout.
He didn’t say what kind of bailout or go into much details – his answer was a brief “yes” after Lehrer pressed him – but it was an answer [...]

Sen. John McCain is sticking to his Saddleback Church strategy of tapping his stump speech talking points where catchy statements make an impact. Example, former members of Congress residing in prison; railing against $3 million for bear DNA; hitting Obama for $932 million in earmarks; didn’t win Miss Congeniality in Senate.
Obama needs to pull him [...]

OXFORD, Miss –Large crowds of students and campaign fans are gathered across the Ole Miss campus here, excited that this long-scheduled presidential debate is actually going to happen. While the visitors wave signs and point out the political celebrities — on a single stroll by the debate site this afternoon I saw Sens Lyndsey [...]

Jim Lehrer, the respected PBS journalist tapped to moderate the first presidential debate, has announced that the event’s designated focus on foreign policy will not preclude a discussion of the current economic crisis.

That didn’t take long. Within hours of Sen. John McCain’s effort to scuttle Friday’s presidential debate, a group of liberal activists launched a sleek online petition for Americans to “demand the debate” goes on. The site currently shows Sen. Barack Obama behind a lectern — thoughtful, poised, in command — squaring off against a [...]

Sen. Barack Obama has only one event today, a rally in Dunedin, Florida, and the rest of his schedule is cleared for debate prep. His campaign, however, is not taking a day off from general election combat. Today Sen. Joe Biden is thrashing Republicans in a Cincinnati national security address.
With the first debate on [...]