This is all an illusion. McPalin will actually privatize everything!

He will just come out and say anything and it will change to suit his needs. We people of the United States are smarter than that. We will vote for the man who has been steady and has shown leadership qualities. A man who has come out consistantly and telling us how he will do what he says he will do. A man we can trust. That man is Barack Obama.

OBAMA-BIDEN 2008

mr mccain proubly will do a repeat of obamas plans as usual with a little amendment seems he never has a plan totally of his on. he either owns bush's or obama's plans. so mccain i say to you ==save your breath and engery you will need it

If Mccains plan is base on using the bail out money and the current adminastration is using the money how will Mccain pay for this. I like Obama plan to allow you to take out $10,000 out of yor 401-k plans without penalty it cost the tax payer nothing and it put money back into the economy a lot more than the current stimulis plans. We need smart plans that make since not some ideas thought up on a bus or plane.

He needs to unveil a new VP pick. Because his current one is un-ethical and doesn't know how to Govern her state without the influences of personal matters in her daily decisions. She really can't be Vice President. What a shame the republican ticket is on flames with little hope of putting it out.

there is nothing coming from McCain I can trust, he is just an old dude looking for votes. He does not really care about poor people, all he cares about is P O W E R and W A R . Thanks but no thanks to McCain-Palin!!!

too late..
from what I ahve read and heard about this plan.Obama's seems to make more sense.
Too bad it is jut now that mccain wants to discuss the issues.

Someone who wishes to be president should have the foresight to have a plan for the economy more than a month before they are to be elected into office. John McCain is woefully unprepared for this job, and I think voters understand that right now.

Another day, another supposed economic plan from McCain's failing campaign.

People have made up their minds, and another erratic plan isn't going to change it.

Too little, too late, McCain.

Obama/Biden '08/'12

I thought he did this yesterday.

Had Obama not unveiled a plan yesterday he wouldn't have had a plan to unveil today. This is another of the many indications we've seen in this campaign of who is leading and who is following.

Obama/Biden 08

It's amazing ..three weeks to go and he comes up with a plan ?
Wouldn't an economic plan have been completely revealed at the outset of a Campaign? What's it gonna be called next week?

McCain will release his after Obama, copy Obama's and take credit for it!

I'd like to see a side by side comparisons of these plans. They seem very similar to me, with both candidates earnestly trying to help things. If it were just about economic recovery plans, I might be an undecided voter. Of course, there is a lot more to my criteria when choosing a candidate, and I hope others look at the overall picture as well.

Obama/Biden '08

Obama supporters take note. McCain is going to introduce an actual detailed plan for this economy. This is what a President should do. Obama wants to keep talking in generalities and abstract points. He has NO PLAN. His plan is to compare McCain to Bush and blame everything on the Republicans (even though it was mainly the fault of the Democrats for their insistence that banks lend to people who could never pay those loans back). Obama hope if he can distract Americans long enough he can win this election, and then we will all see the trouble we are in on Jan 20. McCain is the right man for the job

Who does he think he's kidding! He filpped again!
He wasn't coming out with anything…until Obama came out with his!

Last week's bogus plan didn't gain any political advantage. Better try something else. I smell desperation.

He was supposed to come out with a plan yesterday. Was he waiting to see what Obama's plan was so he could steal the ideas he likes, as he has done throughout the general election? I'm not sure I've ever seen a campaign run so poorly. Does this reflect how he will lead?

A day late…and many dollars short I bet.

If this plan is as bad as his mortgage rescue one, then we'd all be in trouble.

McCain does not know how to deal with the economy. It's not his strong point, as he's said himself.

Obama's plan sounds good to me so far. I'll read McCain's. But I'm not thinking I'll switch my vote because of it.

This is just another last minute plan that McCain is trying to use to bring up the poll numbers. He was waiting to see what Obama was going to say yesterday and down play Obama's plan and try to make his own plan seem like something he was working for the people. You have to understand the economy to understand that last minute statics on the McCain side is only a mirage )Now you see, now you don't) (Now you hear it, later you won't).

Will it even matter? Nobody trusts a word that comes out of McCain's mouth!

Oooooo! I can't wait!
Thrill us, John.

Just keep destroying the Republican Party with your social programs, John. That will rally your base.

This race is NOT over, get informed people, read the fine print!

Make sure you are voting for the most experienced candidate, not someone who has no record of change or reform, not someone who just says what the people want to hear and then will not deliver!

McCain/Palin '08!!!

It's more than obvious that McCain waits for Obama to speak on an issue first before proposing his own "plan". How does this demonstrate McCain as being a leader?

Positive Plan / Negative Campaign

Well, it's not great, but better than the alternative. I guess I'd rather have a partial government run McCain economy than a completely government run socialist society of Obama's.

Good can't wait to hear it. Obama's plan is good to if he isn't lying to win the election. McCain said all along he would not raise any business taxes, so his new plan might even be more mint for us small business owners.

McCain says "me too"!

Just keep on changing the talk express wheels….I just can not imagine that you and your Palin can be trusted by the americans…

Alright Buddy, I hope you check the details before you release it this time.

Interesting.
I'd like to see a list of each candidate's economic/financial advisers. Included in this list I'd like to see the advisers' job experience, qualifications, and education histories.

So that's the 'theme' for this week, what will it be next week?
Change we can't believe in!

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

That will sure help the wealthy right wing republicans but it won't help main street! Is this the best you can do?

well, we already know the housing plan was not McCain's idea rather HRC's. wonder who he'll be stealing this one from.

So typical. All McCain knows how to do is react. He listens to Obama, Bush, and others first, then weighs in.

Like any good soldier, he requires a mission, orders from on high, before he can act. The over-arching strategy must first come from his superiors, those with the wisdom and foresight to anticipate what's coming, see around the corners. He needs a leader.

Obama has shown he is a leader. That's why McCain, and even Bush, listen to him.

Good idea but does he really have a say in how the $ is spent?

He's in Philly? Good, let the old fart waste his time there. Maybe he can drop a puck or two while he's at it.

McCain's economic plan is likely to call for an attack on Iran and the GI staying an 100 years in Iraq. That way America will get all the oil it needs to revamp the economy and all will be well.

For as much as Senator McCain says Senator Obama just doesn't get it. I would say the same to him. His plan though has good intentions hurts the home owner. I don't feel comfortable with him fixing this crisis, nor do I trust him at the helm of the greatest fighting force the world has ever seen. I don't think Obama is perfect either, but in the case he is the lesser of two evils

Didn't we hear the same thing yesterday?

Hmmm, it looks to me like McCain is just taking a page from Obama's playbook and not offering anything different. He 'proposes' to use $300B of the $700B bailout plan to buy up toxic mortgages. Isn't that what most of that money is for anyway?

I'm curious as to how vague this "plan" will be.

Watch out taxpayers, he's got more great ideas for giving big business breaks at our expense.But then again he may change his mind about the whole thing tomorrow like he did with the buying the mortgages announcement from the last debate.

What another plan? What happened to the other 45 he already proposed this week alone? This looks more like a politican gimmick than a serious attempt to present a real plan for our economy. Every other day McCain reveals a new plan, it does not matter if it is a crazy idea, no wonder he honestly said he knows nothing about the economy… for the looks of it, his economy advisors are as lost as he is…

He actually has a plan. After 12 month of campaigning he has a plan. John McCain has a plan. There is a plan at the McCain camp. Let's make plans at the McCain camp. McCain could have a plan. Let's all plan on McCains plan.

Why did he delay it a day?

He waited to see Obama's plan before he put out his plan.

That is not leadership. If you tell me you are going to put out an economic plan on Monday then do it.

I guess he is going to tell us that the economy is now " fundamentally sound" so there is no reason to vote for Obama… What a loser.

Elimination of taxes on unemployment benefits. Thank God someone is finally seeing THAT light! It is one of the cruelest sources of tax revenue in America's history.

It would be very helpful to forgive the 10% penalty on early 401k withdrawals in tax year 2008. I didn't just pull money to ensure I had something left, I pulled 8K simply to pay for the cost of living for my dysfunctional Iraq war veteran who can't hold a job.

OK, McCain seems to have a serious case of the "Me too! Me too!"s.

Too little; too late. He could give me one his houses and 10% of his wife's fortune and I still would not vote for him. I could support the presidency of almost anyone - Obama, Clinton, McCain, Romney. I stopped supporting McCain after I got a full whiff of Sara Palin. She frightens me. I would be afraid she would set up or backstab McCain as she has done with the folks in Alaska. She would stop at nothing to become President. And now she has the nerve to talk about stealing an election. If Obama runs the country as well as he has his campaign and surrounds himself with the calabor of people has on his staff - look out world! Sending more money now - gotta help pay for those television ads!

Wasnt he suppose to have done so last week? Now apprently he has changed his mind. This is either a senior moment or outright erratic behavior.

wasn't this supposed to be done yesterday? He just wanted to see what Obama would do so he could do the opposite… so cold so lame so same…

The best economic plan either party can come up with would be to investigate and prosecute the executives at Fannie and Freddie for their Enron-like bookkeeping techniques and any one in congress from either party who was complicit in these actions and then get out of the way and let the markets sort themselves out.

McCain is so erratic, he makes Dr Jekyll look stable.

I'm sure he's gonna over exert himself trying to use that Alzheimeric brain of his. He's too out of touch to be making economic policy proposals.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

Can't wait to see what 'flavor of the day' entails. Thing is, we're not buying. Could be the greatest in the world but it's too little too late.

does mccain not realize the 700 million has already gone to other things ? i am sure he had to hear what obama was doing and will copy what he can. poor soul does not have a clue on his own. it is so over for mccain. all he had to do was send palin back to alsaka and his ratings would go up.
i have already voted for obama.

And who is John McCain going to be today?

ROUND AND ROUND HE GOES!
Who John McCain is?
NOBODY knows.

Does anyone else find it odd that the neo-cons have brought socialism to the United States?

Well there you go, it's about time. I don't want you blaming anyone!

As usual McCain DOESN'T have a plan - he just recycles all of Obama's ideas (minus one).
HOW SHAMEFUL this man and his running mate are to continue to divide this country.
I'm not concerned about ACORN (which by the way McCain attended an ACORN meeting himself) I am worried about the very people we trust to keep clean elections!
As an Ohioan I fear the OHIO ELECTIONS BOARD!
Will they set it up to cheat the people again?
WE ARE WATCHING and PRAYING (something the Republicans think they have the market cornered on).
Ohioian for OBAMA/BIDEN

The reduction of capital gains tax helps the RICH!! You know the ones with 7 houses and 13 cars. It doesn't help middle income Americans!

Anything has got to be better than tax to death Obama and share the wealth bogus crap!

God help us…

Maybe he will have a couple good ideas, but I doubt it. If he does, then Obama can use them in January when he takes office.

Obama/Biden 08

ohmy friends
everything senator obama does i will do
i am the change
i am the one that is giving a new economic plan
i even use his words
and i dont like him
that one, he is black

i am the maverick who chose a clueless person for vp
i am the maverick who is about to have a heart attack
i am the maverick who will take you to war
i am the maverick who will follow bush policies
i am the maverick who will allow for more abuse of power
yes my friends that is me

mcmaverick mcsame mcold
mcshame
mcbush

your truly

fight me fight me
attack iran
drill, drill, kill kill

Hopefully McCain understands the need to spread the wealth around in this country as well as Obama does.

I thought he said he was going to do it yesterday… It's hard to keep up with the McCain campaign and all their constant changes.

I am reminded of his economy speech yesterday where he ended it by saying "We have them right where we want them!" I was reminded of another great military leader who uttered almost the same words—-it was at the Battle of the LittleBigHorn."

First the economy is sound!

Now he is willing to spend MORE than any liberal!

Who are you John?

After listening to McCain and Palin's negative comments about Obama…dirty politic tactics, I for one don't even want to hear anything about McCain's "plan" to "help" the American people. You can't spew out hate and help at the same time and get away with it.

I am reminded of his economy speech yesterday where he ended it by saying "We have them right where we want them!" I was reminded of another great military leader who uttered almost the same words—-it was at the Battle of the LittleBigHorn."

Everybody needs to read the piece on John Mccain written in Rolling Stone magazine. It tells the whole story about the man running for president with interviews with former and current friends, former pow's that were in the Hanoi Hilton with Mccain, political opponents. It paints a very different picture of a man who claims to be country first and a straight talker including his very deep link with Keating, his wife's drug use, abuse and making a doctor steal drugs for her and the coverup. It also details his very manipulative use of his family name to get places he had no business or right to achieve. This is a scary man who does not care about anyone but himself. You dont have to play the he said she said game as this piece is substantive and a lot of the fuel comes straight from Mccain's mouth himself. Please read for yourself and post it everywhere you can to get the real truth about Mccain to the public. This is not a honorable man neither in marriage or life. We cannot let this man win the White House. Spread the word.

You're pulling our leg right? You wouldn't actually vote for that smooth talking, liberal, empty suit would you?

Too much, too little, TOO LATE!!!!

We need a true leader not a true copy-cat

McCain/Palin Not Fit To Lead!!!!

John McCain has been in Washington over 25 years, yet suddenly, in the last days of his campaign, he has a plan. In fact, each week he has a new plan and a new theme. Last week's theme was "Obama is a terrorist."

McCain's campaign jumped the shark when he nominated the right wing neocon nutjob Sarah Palin to be his vice president, just to satisfy the Rush Limbaughs and Ann Coulters of the Republican radical fringe.

I'll be so glad after November when these right wing zealots are no longer driving our country into the sewer.

McCain is a miserable bitter old man who needs to retire.

Here goes another desperate approach to get voters. He should just come out and say that when he is President Americans will get a tax free holiday for the next four years. That will cinch it for him. All kidding aside, McCain is pandering to voters that he will hurt if he is elected. McCain doesn't have a clue about governing this country. At the moment he just wants to gets votes and will do or say anything to get them… Last week his rhetoric was that of Obama the terrorist. Today it will be a give away to attract voters.

What happened to yesterday. Oh I forgot, he wanted to see what Obama was going to do first.

McCain is a follower and not a leader. He wants to do everything after OBAMA to see what he is going to do first.

At least McCain is NOT saying insane things like this:

"It's not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance for success too," Obama responded. "My attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody … I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."

Obama is DEFINITELY a socialist. I can't believe anyone living in America, a Capitalist society would even suggest an economic policy such as this.

Even crazier, I cannot even believe people would vote for this!

It is amazing how the liberals turn a blind eye to this kind of economic policy. Go ahead cast your vote to spread your wealth.

Remember, with the stimulus checks this summer, DEMOCRATS thought you were "rich" if your combined income was $150k or more. Don't know about you, but living in a major city, that is chickenfeed.

Only a matter of time before the 250k limit (which affects 5% of Americans) is lowered to $150k which would affect maybe 30%? That's not that many people, right?

Oh wait, that is 30% of those that pay taxes. 100 million people don't even file taxes so they would get free checks.

And you liberals would be footing the bill to these freeloaders. BWAHAAHAHAHAHAAHA

Sooooo funny! Yes yes, vote Obama, let the socialism begin!

This is a make or break for McCain

God knows the man needs to do something. Sad thing is that back in 2000 I had a great deal of respect for the man but he has sold his soul to the base elements of the GOP and the old John McCain is gone replaced by an emotionless, erratic, shell of his former self and at this late in the game, it's to late to make beope believe that you aren't who you have proven yourself to be for the past 2 months.

Best of luck to you John and thank you for your service.

Obama/Biden 08

Did you Obama supporters see Biden's speech yesterday, where he talked about a Biden administration?Did you watch Biden's debate with Palin where he said he would be right by Obama's side during every decision? Did you see the CNN special about Biden, he says he wanted to be president since his senior year in high school–(that's 50 years of striving to be president)?Now do you really believe that the old white Washington insiders, that have paid his way, will ever really allow him to lead?

Glad to hear you shutting your mouth with the personal attacks and mentioning policy, but don't think we're going to forget the past week. After all you and your running mate did to stoke the fires of hatred (and, in some cases, thinly-veiled racism), we'll be pointing the figure at you if, heaven forbid, something happens to Barack Obama or his family.

i am a teen who lives in the uk, this us political thing is not even my problem but i got to say that the McCAIN& PAILN thing scarys me.
OBAMA,08

My comment will not be seen because the media is 90% Obama. They will not look beyond to the man. The country and the media want a democrat and democrat it will be. Our country is in trouble when you have a person that can out -talk anyone. Another Hitler- great possibility! I will not vote this time around. This is a farce and our country will pay for it and sadly our children and grandchildren.

I can't wait to see what goodies he comes up with.
Does anyone else wonder–how they can predict what rescue packages to deliver–when we don't even know the impact or effect of the ones currently being proposed by the current administration?

I'd vote for the one who said "I'll wait and see."

Nervous energy, accentuated by rushing strategies and tactics to the field–before the current battle is won and the enemy isn't even fully exposed–seems a little stupid for any political leader in a economic or a military campaign–and particularly the President of the United States.

Boy do we need a third party!!!

I can't wait to hear McCain offer Americans the same plan Obama just offered yesterday.

I'll vote against whomever Rudy Giuliani endorses. Period. He's a sleaze. I know. I worked in NYC and saw his underhanded ways first-hand several years ago when he was the mayor.

now that he thoroughly heard Obamas he will copy and call it his own.

John that is not a tax break for the people. It will help the Big Dog more. Give us no taxes for retirement accounts. Don't take clues from the Obama plan John. You are suppose to make it better than that so let's get going.

Just like I thought, McCain is a follower and not a leader.

To little, to late.

MCcain just trying to get votes. MCcain your ship is sinking. No more Palin good gosh I cant wait to get her off the TV.

I hope that someone asks McCain to promise us that he won't raise taxes on anyone! I also hope that someone asks how he plans to build up the economy but offer no exit plan for Iraq and how he plans to fund the war without no tax increases while he face the biggest federal deficit in history.

McCain, please answer this question!

John McCain's campaign has changed direction so many times that nobody knows where he is going, including him. Analysts say that the way you run your campaign in the final days indicates how you would run the government if elected President. John McCain has done nothing to feel confident in his leadership ability.

BTW, when Landy america is bleeding to death… deeper tax cuts will not save her. It's like putting leeches on a cut jugular. A few will get real fat… but the lady will not get better.

thought McCain released his plan yesterday, what did he do wait till Obama released his and now he is changing his again or trying to up one on Obama……..to late McCain no matter what you come up with I don't think the Congress or House will work with you and nothing will get done in your 4 years if you get President. The only thing left for the American people would be to have you and Palin impeached……..

The best we can expect from McCain is another gymic aimed at the uninformed….Those running his campaign don't seem to realize that this is not an "emotional" election, it is a "practical" and "commonsense" election. Thus, gymics will not work this time, and John McCain's efforts at trickery will fail,once again…..

OK, is it Monday today? Did the dog eat your plan yesterday. Is that how you'll run the White House. Have your "people" give us wrong information and we have to sit around and wait for you to figure it out.

Oh by the way, your buddy Bush has a speech today too!

Now McCain wants us to believe he is the good guy, with only our best interests at heart. I don't buy that for a minute. His behavior and that of his running mate and campaing have proven that this man is the rogue candidate. A sudden rush to try to change his image won't work. He has shown his true colors, and 3 weeks of playing suck up don't work. I want a man who has been honorable the whole campaign. Hey John, Let's talk G. Gordon Liddy!

Pandering.

Too little, too late. Not in the last 2-3 weeks of a campaign after 2 of the 3 debates are over John.

Is that today's economic plan, or the one he will unveil at the debate, or the one he will unveils Friday, when the one he unveils at the debate falls flat because it sounds familiar?

How can McCain use $300 billion of the $700 billion bailout funds if the U.S. Treasury has already spent a majority of it buying stocks of the largest American banks? I knew that he was just going to rig up a B.S. "economic plan" just to say that he actually has a plan.

A house on every lot… kind of like a chicken in every pot? And McCain is a conservative? It's like living in Bizarro World.
Christopher Hitchens wrote why he will vote for Obama. Christopher Hitchens!

What the same old thing and nothing new will come of this.

Obama/biden 08/12

I thought he released this yesterday…

Or was that last week????

But wait, I thought he economy was fine, so why a new plan?

Does anyone in his campaign know what is going on?

Me thinks John SIDNEY McCain THE THIRD is too rich to bother with what us mere ordinary citizens are concerned about.

I bet he`s going to take a page out of the Obama plan and try to make better…

Ho-hum. McCain is still in the race?

Oh wow! just like yesterday, huh

Lets see, He is going to give out FREE candy on Halloween and sugest that Obama just wants to give out acorns. And then under his breath he will say I wished I had some acorns, about 2.5 million of them!

John McCain is Bush with white hair, and we cant afford his Halloween candy campaign bail-outs, as in bailing his campaign-out!

I got a plan for McCain, sell a couple of your houses and retire to sunny Arizona. America is through with you my friend.

Another one? Wow, he's been busy.

Seriously though, something I'd like to point out to the McCain supporters/Obama detractors who post on the ticker.

1) You complain that Obama will turn us into socialists. However, it was YOUR party that proposed the bailout, YOUR party that forced an extra $115 billion of pork to be added to the bailout and MCCAIN that proposed the mortgage buy-up. You want to talk about socialism??

2) Please keep in mind that many countries who have more "socialistic" tendencies than we do - Canada, Norway, Sweden, etc - also have a considerably better quality of life than we do. They still have insanely wealthy people; they're not penalized for being more successful. But at the same time, they also have lower poverty rates, lower infant mortality rates, higher life expectancies, better education, lower suicide rates, etc. Making sure that everyone has at least a decent quality of life improves EVERYONE's quality of life.

Oh, except maybe for those in the "me, me, me GOP" who don't give a rat's behind about anyone but themselves.

Okay, here's the plan: oil companies give back the billions that they owe to every American for having scammed us for the past three years, at least.

Sound good to you? Sounds good to me. Okay, let's go get 'em. Oh, yah. You betcha. Doggone it.

are ya'll sure it today