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The First Stop in Politics -- It's What You Need to Know!

October 13, 2008— -- 2008: McCain and Obama:

ABC News Video: "Presidential Race Gets Nastier" LINK

2008: McCain:

ABC News' Bret Hovel: "McCain to Appear on Letterman this Thursday" LINK

Politico's Andy Barr: "Debate coaches: 'Lost' McCain Must Up Game" LINKPolitico's Mike Allen: "McCain Abandons Plan For New Tax Cuts" LINKWall Street Journal's Corey Dade: "In Virginia, McCain Struggles To Hold The South For GOP" LINKWall Street Journal's Laura Meckler: "Adviser Says McCain Has Tax Cuts In Mind" LINKUSA Today's David Jackson: "McCain plans to stress tax cuts to help economy" LINKThe New York Daily News' Richard Sisk: "All is forgiven? John McCain Returning To David Letterman's 'Late Show'" LINKNewsweek's Jonathan Alter: "Crushed by the Elephant: Picking Palin was a confession that McCain did not have control of the Republican Party" LINKNewsweek's Holly Bailey: "Meet McCain Strategist Schmidt. Just Don't Call Him Rove" LINKThe Associated Press: "GOP frets about McCain's strategy, prospects" LINK

2008: Obama:

ABC News' Jake Tapper: "In Working-Class Ohio, Obama Meets Amorous Dogs, Skeptical Plumber" LINK

2008: Biden:

ABC News' Matthew Jaffe: "The Bidens & Clintons Come Home to Scranton" LINK

2008: Palin:

ABC News' Jake Tapper: "Palin Makes Troopergate Assertions that Are Flatly False" LINK

2008: Economy:

ABC News Video: "The Roundtable: Market Meltdown" LINK