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Deadly blast targets Marriott Hotel in Islamabad ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suicide truck bombing destroyed the packed Marriott Hotel, near the Parliament building and the prime minister's home, in the city of Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday night. The attack killed at least 40 people and woun...

Oh, good grief, McCain: McCain defends retirement accounts amid stock dive By GLEN JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer GREEN BAY, Wisc. - Wall Street turmoil left John McCain scrambling to explain why the fundamentals of the U.S. economy remained strong. It also left him defending his support for priv...

OscarGuy wrote:FDR was elected in 1932.

I meant that electing Obama now would be like going back in time and electing FDR in the 1928 election rather than Hoover.

I hate to say this, but I've been saying we're slowly shifting towards a Depression for a little while. The aura of the economy seems to be like something out of the Great Depression. So, those T-Shirts I saw at the Edwards rally here locally four years ago saying "Economically savvy as Hoover...

My guess is that the Lehman Brothers, et al., problem will help Obama, as when the electorate is disturbed about the economy it has a tendancy to simply vote against the party that holds the White House. McCain will definitely try to distance himself from Bush; but, in the end, I don't think it wil...