Debates

McCain's last stand McCain's last stand

The Republican senator's final debate performance was marked by oddball characters and marginal attacks, as hopes of his political resurrection appeared to fade.
  • Bateman: The final debate

    "Facts are facts and records are records." Scott Bateman responds to audio from the presidential candidates.
  • Debate prep: Dow falls a whopping 733 points

    Monday's rally is ancient history, as investors run for cover, again. Does anyone care about Bill Ayers?
  • Which John McCain will show up to debate?

    With his campaign on the rocks, McCain could hit reset one more time and abandon civility in his final showdown with Barack Obama.
  • The low road to the White House

    As the gloves come off in the presidential race, John McCain seems ever more willing to dispense with past claims to personal honor.
  • Bateman: McCain's healthcare fix

    His plan? "Let's do a lot of things!"
  • Bateman: "I'll get Osama bin Laden, my friends"

    If McCain has known how to get him this whole time, don't you think maybe he should have told Bush and the Army about it?
  • A Fannie Freddie debate primer

    Here's what you need to know when John McCain starts talking about the mortgage mess
  • Prelude to the debate: Dow falls 508

    Character assassination may lose its appeal after two very bad days for Wall Street and Main Street.
  • A debate question on jobs and the campaign

    More bad news on the unemployment front: Is government part of the problem, or the solution?
  • Biden's difficult balance

    Tonight's vice-presidential debate raises a tricky question for Joe Biden: How to beat Sarah Palin without coming off as a dick.
  • The big veep showdown

    She was outmatched by Katie Couric, but how will Sarah Palin fare against Joe Biden? The debate comes at a crucial time for the struggling McCain campaign.
  • Obama and McCain face off

    Friday's debate was no decisive showdown. But for undecided voters watching, did Obama look too green or McCain too mean?
  • McCain: Sure, I'll vote for the bailout

    And I'll cut business taxes at the same time!
  • No matter the question, the answer is offshore drilling

    McCain's gonna ride the offshore horse until it collapses under him.
  • McCain's looming debate debacle

    Leading Republicans say that, short of total gridlock on the economic bailout, a McCain no-show on Friday would be "a huge political mistake."
  • Friday's debate: A bizarre game of chicken

    McCain is now unlikely to show up for the first scheduled showdown with Obama. Master stroke or campaign in meltdown?
  • Obama, get ready for the "Clinton rules"

    As Wednesday's awful debate proves, it won't matter who the presidential nominee is -- the press will play footsie with McCain and attack the Democrat.
  • Debating NAFTA, with nuance

    Even with Tim Russert nipping at their ankles, Obama and Clinton managed to talk some sense about trade
  • No Hail Mary for Hillary

    The final Democratic debate produces no miracles for the grouchy former front-runner. Yes, those MSNBC moderators did seem to like Obama better, but even when she's right she sounds wrong.
  • Clinton alleges pro-Obama slant in debate

    Clinton: "Maybe we should ask Barack Obama if he's comfortable and needs another pillow." Watch live now.
  • The knives come out in South Carolina

    On Martin Luther King Day, the Democrats have their nastiest debate yet as the Clinton and Obama spat gets personal.
  • No debate on bankruptcy

    All the Democratic presidential candidates now say the 2005 Bankruptcy Act was a bad idea. Americans looking at their credit card bills probably agree.
  • Republicans do it all over again

    On Fox News, the second GOP debate in 24 hours has the same punching bag: Mitt Romney. This time the network joined in.
  • A Democratic donnybrook

    The debate was rich in sound and fury, but did little lasting damage to unruffled frontrunner Barack Obama.
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