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CNN: Poll gives debate to Obama
A majority of debate watchers thought that Barack Obama won the third and final presidential debate, according to a national poll conducted at the end of the debate.
Fifty-eight percent of debate watchers questioned in the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll said Obama did the best job in the debate, with 31 percent saying John McCain performed best.

CNN: McCain puts Obama on the spot in final debate
Sen. John McCain played offense against Sen. Barack Obama during much of the final presidential debate as he challenged his rival on his policies, judgment and character.

CNN: Analysis: McCain comes out swinging, but no game changer
John McCain came out of the gate strong, but Barack Obama gained strength as the night progressed Wednesday in the final presidential debate where each candidate tried to convince voters that he is better equipped to steer the nation through these troubled times.

CNN RADIO: Final debate feisty, but not game changer
Last night Senators John McCain and Barack Obama clashed in their third and final presidential debate. Dick Uliano has today's CNN Radio Political Ticker.

CNN: CNN Electoral Map: Obama would win if election held today
If the presidential election were held today, the latest update of the CNN Electoral College Map estimates Democratic candidate Barack Obama would win enough electoral votes to capture the White House.

CNN: Gergen: Three in a row for Obama
John McCain had a very strong start in the first 30 minutes or so, and I thought that he was heading toward a debate victory — his first.

CNN: Relieved McCain aides thrilled over Bush one-liner
McCain aides expressed relief Wednesday night that the Arizona senator “finally” used a line that took on one of Obama’s central campaign themes.

CNN: Obama: Palin qualifications up to American people
During Wednesday night’s presidential debate, Barack Obama ducked a question on whether or not he thought Sarah Palin is qualified to be president.

CNN: Fact Check: Would Obama 'take away right' to secret ballot for unions?
In a speech Monday, Oct. 13, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, Republican
presidential candidate Sen. John McCain took on Democratic opponent Sen. Barack
Obama's stance on unions. "Senator Obama is measuring the drapes (in the White
House), and planning with Speaker Pelosi and Senator Reid to … take away your
right to vote by secret ballot in labor elections," he said.

CNN: Fact Check: Did Obama vote to raise taxes for people making as little as $42,000?
Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, speaking at the Wednesday,
Oct. 15, debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, repeated a charge
that his Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama, voted to raise taxes. "He voted
twice for a budget resolution that increases the taxes on individuals making
$42,000 a year," McCain said.

CNN: Fact Check: Did Obama vote against Supreme Court Justice Breyer?
During a presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 15, in Hempstead, New York,
Republican nominee Sen. John McCain criticized Democratic opponent Sen. Barack
Obama's votes on Supreme Court nominees. "Senator Obama voted against Justice
Breyer and Justice Roberts on the grounds that they didn't meet his ideological
standards," McCain said. "That's not the way we should judge these nominees."

CNN: Fact Check: Would equal-pay bill waive the statute of limitations?
During a presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 15, in Hempstead, New York,
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain explained his opposition to
legislation that would have expanded the length of time in which a worker can
sue an employer for pay discrimination. "Obviously, that law waived the statute
of limitations, which, you know, could have gone back 20 or 30 years," McCain
said. "It was a trial lawyer's dream."

CNN: Fact Check: Does McCain plan no education reform outside of D.C.?
At a presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 15, in Hempstead, New York, Democratic
nominee Sen. Barack Obama criticized Republican opponent Sen. John McCain's
education proposals. "The centerpiece of Senator McCain's education policy is
to increase the voucher program in D.C. by 2,000 slots," Obama said. "That
leaves all of you who live in the other 50 states without an education reform
policy from Senator McCain."

CNN: Fact Check: Does William Ayers have any involvement in Sen. Obama's Campaign?
In a presidential debate Wednesday, October 15, in Hempstead, New York,
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama sought to defend himself
from comments by Republican opponent Sen. John McCain linking him to Weather
Underground founder William Ayers. "Mr. Ayers is not involved in my campaign,"
Obama said. "He has never been involved in this campaign. And he will not
advise me in the White House."

CNN: Fact Check: Was doing legal work Obama's 'only involvement' with ACORN?
Sen. Barack Obama, discussing his connections to Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, at the Oct. 15 debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, said "the only involvement I've had with ACORN" was representing them in a voter registration case in Illinois.

CNN: Fact Check: Would McCain's mortgage plan aid banks and cost taxpayers?
Sen. Barack Obama said at the Oct. 15 debate at Hofstra University that Republican opponent John McCain's plan to stem the mortgage meltdown "could be a giveaway to banks if we're buying full price for mortgages that now are worth a lot less. And we don't want to waste taxpayer money."

CNN: Fact Check: Did McCain's campaign say it needed to shift focus from the economy?
In a campaign speech Monday, October 13, in Toledo, Ohio, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama referred to Republican opponent Sen. John McCain's campaign. "Last week, Senator McCain's campaign announced that they were going to 'turn the page' on the discussion about our economy so they can spend the final weeks of this election attacking me instead," Obama said.

CNN: Who is Joe the Plumber?
Joe the Plumber was the star of the final presidential debate on Wednesday night. But who is he?

CNN: Obama calls 'bitter' comments most 'boneheaded' move
It’s a presidential campaign during which Barack Obama has noticeably made few damaging missteps, but the Illinois senator says one in particular was downright "boneheaded."

CNN Money : Candidates: Crisis planning
The world has changed a lot in the past two weeks, and the presidential candidates are scrambling to adapt.

CNN: McCain praises Palin as 'role model' and 'reformer'
John McCain Wednesday praised his running mate, Sarah Palin as a "role model to women and reformers all over America" when challenged to defend her qualifications to be president.

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Virginia voters break 5 million mark
For the first time, more than 5 million Virginians are registered to vote.
The State Board of Elections said registration totaled 5,021,993 as of Oct. 6, the deadline for registering. The total is a net gain of 436,000 voters this year, a record, the State Board of Elections said.

Washington Post: Exclusive: Verizon and AT&T Provided Cell Towers for McCain Ranch
Early in 2007, just as her husband launched his presidential bid, Cindy McCain sought to resolve an old problem – the lack of cellphone coverage on her remote 15-acre ranch near Sedona, Ariz., nestled deep in a tree-lined canyon called Hidden Valley.

AP: About 200K Ohio voters have records discrepancies
Close to one in every three newly registered Ohio voters will end up on court-ordered lists being sent to county election boards because they have some discrepancy in their records, an elections spokesman said Wednesday.

AP: Murtha: Western Pa. 'racist' but Obama should win
Democratic Rep. John Murtha said Wednesday his home base of western Pennsylvania is racist and that could reduce Barack Obama's victory margin in the state by 4 percentage points.

Bangor Daily News: Governor Palin’s Maine ancestry
When Alaska Gov. and Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin visits Bangor today, she’ll be campaigning a scant 50 miles from where her maternal ancestors lived for more than four decades in the 19th century.

Denver Post: Young voters tune in
Gone are the fret-free salad days of college.
Students today wonder whether they'll get a loan next semester to keep going. They worry about whether a job will be waiting after they polish off those expensive degrees.