USA Today/Gallop Poll: Obama Did Better in First Debate  —  Obama Scores Big on Proposal to Change the Country  —  A new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows 46% of people who watched Friday night's presidential debate say Democrat Barack Obama did a better job than Republican John McCain; 34% said McCain did better.

McCain retracts Palin's Pakistan comments  —  WASHINGTON (CNN)— Sen. John McCain retracted Sarah Palin's stance on Pakistan Sunday morning, after the Alaska governor appeared to back Sen. Barack Obama's support for unilateral strikes inside Pakistan against terrorists

Family Told Obama NOT To Wear Soldier Son's Bracelet... Where is Media?  —  Barack Obama played the “me too” game during the Friday debates on September 26 after Senator John McCain mentioned that he was wearing a bracelet with the name of Cpl. Matthew Stanley, a resident of New Hampshire …

Lawmakers Reach Tentative Bailout Deal  —  Top U.S. policy makers emerged from hours of tense negotiations with a clear message just after midnight Sunday morning: A deal to bailout U.S. financial markets has been agreed on and all that remains to be done is to commit the legislation to paper.

Tina Fey As Sarah Palin: Katie Couric SNL Skit (VIDEO)  —  Tina Fey returned to Saturday Night Live to reprise her widely hailed impersonation of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.  The sketch focused on an interview Palin recently gave to CBS News' Katie Couric, including an exchange about Russia.

Possible change of heart  —  Rezko talked with prosecutors, may aid probe, sources say  —  Antoin “Tony” Rezko, a convicted influence peddler who was once one of Gov. Rod Blagojevich's most trusted confidants, has met with federal prosecutors and is considering cooperating in the corruption probe …

For McCain, Days of Chaos, Improvisation and Drama  —  The brain trust of Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign knew three things as their motorcade lurched through Manhattan traffic on the way to the Morgan Library and Museum on Wednesday afternoon for what was supposed to be two hours of intensive debate preparation.

How do you solve a problem like Sarah Palin?  —  On Fox News Sunday this morning Bill Kristol said let Palin go - that the McCain team is roping her off from the press and surrounding her with Bushie advisors, which sounds like the third ring of hell.  She's a talented politician, Bill advises …

Palin Is Ready?  Please.  —  McCain says that he always puts country first.  In this important case, that is simply not true.  —  From the magazine issue dated Oct 6, 2008  —  Will someone please put Sarah Palin out of her agony?  Is it too much to ask that she come to realize that she wants …

Rep. Mark Udall says Rangel should step down  —  Rep. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) said Sunday that House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) should step down from his chairmanship while an ethics investigation takes place.  —  Questioned by host Tom Brokaw on NBC's ‘Meet the Press’ …

McCain claims bailout credit  —  Previewing a McCain campaign message for the days ahead, top strategist Steve Schmidt claimed Sunday that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is partly responsible for the tentative agreement on a mortgage bailout that congressional leaders announced shortly after midnight.

McCain camp prays for Palin wedding  —  The marriage of the vice-presidential candidate's pregnant teenage daughter could lift a flagging campaign  —  In an election campaign notable for its surprises, Sarah Palin, the Republican vice- presidential candidate, may be about to spring a new one …