Greetings one and all, and welcome to the US Election 2008 open thread for the second Presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama from the campus of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.

While the world markets crumble in fear and the bailout rolls on, Obama's standing in the horse race has improved, as shown in the polls and in ( Read more... )

The presidential campaigns of John McCain and Barack Obama were in perilous waters yesterday as the candidates joined forces with George Bush in an attempt to persuade Congress that the only way to avert a global economic collapse is to adopt a huge and controversial rescue plan before Monday ( Read more... )

A Republican revolt stalled efforts at the US Capitol to agree a national economic rescue plan with negotiations broken off for the night and to resume later today ( Read more... )