McCain Falters in the 1st Presidential Debate

The first presidential debate held at Oxford Mississippi, dealt a huge blow to McCain. The topic that was discussed for the majority of the debate was foreign affair based, such as the war in Iraq, Iran, Israel, etc. While senator McCain seemed to continually point out how inept and inexperienced Barack Obama was (specifically with foreign affairs), Obama held his ground and repeatedly said that McCain "is right". To many of the American public, it would seem that McCain was the grandfatherly bully while Obama was innocent child with the candy he was not supposed to take in his pocket. Although there were some scuffles, there were no knockout blows to either of the opponents. According to Fox 6 News, Obama has gotten a boost as a result of the debate. While Obama has gone immediately back on the campaign trail in order to strengthen his lead over his opponent, McCain decided to take the Saturday off and go to his home in Virginia; kinda a stupid move.

Obama goes after McCain on retirement funds

Ending Friday on a positive note by receiving the endorsement of Donald Trump, McCain was under fire on Saturday by Barack Obama. The democratic candidate accused McCain of gambling the retirement savings and health care of Americans by "subjecting them to the uncertainty of open markets" (Reuters). McCain campaign rebuked this attack by saying Obama is attempting to use scare tactics to make people worry about their retirement accounts. The McCain and Obama campaign have gone after each other on the key issues of social security and the economy in an attempt to show the American people who has the stronger economic plan for the U.S. Health care and the economy are generally considered the most imporant issues in this election. The candidate with a more favorable approach to turn around the economy and improve the health care, will inevitably win the hearts and minds of the American people.

Economic Showdown

John McCain is currently trying to remake the public perception of his economic policy in response to the current economic crisis and Senator Obama's accusation that he is anti regulation. His response has taken the form of ads and a speech proposing to create a commission to study the current economic crisis and offer solutions to prevent further crises. The proposal to completely overhaul the regulation of financial markets has also been adopted by the McCain campaign. 

McCain has received an important endorsement from Donald Trump on Larry King Live finishing a tough week with some good news.