Time: The McCain Campaign Is Racist!
weeklystandard.com 9/19/2008 — Time 's Karen Tumuly writes that "McCain Plays the Race Card" in an ad featuring former FannieMae CEO Franklin Raines: This is hardly subtle: Sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman. Let me ...

Obama Meanders Through Wall Street Crisis
redstate.com 9/19/2008 — He Nearly Voted 'Present' on the Biggest Bailout in History How can anyone take Barack Obama seriously when he talks about the mess on Wall Street? On Tuesday of this week, Barack Obama mocked John McCain for suggesting a commission to ...

McCain Campaign Refuses To Appear On The Rachel Maddow Show
thinkprogress.org 9/19/2008 — Surrogates for Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) presidential campaign rarely shy away from the chance to put out their talking points, regularly flacking on cable news programs. However, there is at least one cable news show they are avoiding: ...

Fannie Mae vet protests McCain ad - Politico.com Print View
dyn.politico.com 9/19/2008 — A former Fannie Mae executive has written to The New York Times in an effort to escalate Democrats' pushback to a McCain campaign ad accusing Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) of guilt by association with former officials of the mortgage giant. The McCain ...

Political Pulse | The Associated Press-Yahoo! News Poll on Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 9/19/2008 — Poll: People prefer Obama over McCain as teacher By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) If this election were about which candidate people wanted as their child's schoolteacher, Barack Obama would be moving to the head of the class. ...

Fact Check: Did McCain oppose helping women get equal pay? — CNN Political Ticker 9/19/2008
The Statement: At a campaign rally Friday, September 19, in Coral Gables, Florida, Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama said, "It's not that Sen. McCain doesn't care about what's going on in the lives of women in this country. I like to ...

McCain, Obama wary of fueling gay-marriage debate (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 9/19/2008
AP - Proposed bans on same-sex marriage are on the ballot in three important states this fall, rousing passions on both sides, yet neither John McCain nor Barack Obama seem eager to push the issue high on their campaign agendas.

Fannie Mae vet protests McCain ad — POLITICO.com: Politics 9/19/2008
A former Fannie Mae executive has written to The New York Times in an effort to escalate Democrats' pushback to a McCain campaign ad.

Podcast: White House outlines massive financial rescue plan — CNN Political Ticker 9/19/2008
CNN=Politics Daily is The Best Political Podcast from The Best Political Team. (CNN)—As the rollercoaster week on Wall Street comes to a close, the federal government is hammering out a financial rescue plan. In the latest installment of ...

Who will best 'fix' Wall Street? (Politico) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 9/19/2008
Politico - John McCain and Barack Obama continued to slug it out over who would best “fix” Wall Street on Friday, even as the latest bailout effort from the administration made clear the unprecedented scope of the crisis.