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Presidential Debate
Obama pips McCain in final debate Hempstead, Oct 16: Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama battled fiercely in their most contentious debate on Wednesday, with an aggressive MBarack Obama and McCain trade responses during the final presidential debate. McCain attacking Obama's campaign tactics and tax plans in a showdown that made a star of "Joe the plumber."
Warped facts in last presidential debate Washington, Oct 25: The final presidential debate was a last hurrah, of sorts, for tall tales told before a large national audience by Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama.The two took familiar liberties with facts in a matchup that also gave viewers a brand-new head-scratching exchange over a man McCain called "my old buddy, Joe, Joe the plumber."
Joe the Plumber` stars in US presidential debate Hampstead, Oct 25: The star of Wednesday's final presidential debate? John McCain? Barack Obama? No, Joe the Plumber.The final face-to-face clash between the two fierce White House rivals granted an unexpected 15 minutes of fame to Joe Wurzelbacher. Until Sunday, when he bumped into Obama while the Democratic presidential candidate was doing some door-to-door canvassing.
Third presidential debate watched by 56.5 million New York, Oct 25: The third and final presidential debate drew nearly as many viewers as the second, even with major league baseball as its TV competition. A total of 56.5 million viewers watched Wednesday's debate in Hempsted, N.Y., between Democratic Sen. Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John McCain, Nielsen Media Research said Thursday.
Obama attacks Pak over terrorism Washington, Oct 08: In a sharp attack on Pakistan's inability to curb terrorism, Democratic White House nominee Barack Obama clashed with his Republican rival John McCain over the issue and stumped him on Bush administration's ‘failed’ policies on Iraq and economy, edging past the Vietnam war veteran in yet another free-flowing debate.
McCain, Obama argue in 1st debate Washington, Sept 27: Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain clashed in their first debate on Friday night over the war in Iraq and whether the next person to occupy the White House should meet Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadineja.The two candidates disagreed sharply over the future course in Iraq, with Obama pitching his plan to set a timeframe for withdrawing most US combat forces from Iraq.
Vice Presidential Debate
Biden, Palin clash in VP debate St Louis, Oct 03: Under intense scrutiny, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin stood her ground on Thursday night against a vastly more experienced Joe Biden, debating the economy, energy and global warming, then challenging him on Iraq, "especially with your son in the National Guard."The Alaska governor also noted that Biden had once said Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama wasn't ready to be commander in chief, "and I know again that you opposed the move that he made to try to cut off funding for the troops and I respect you for that."
Polls announce Biden as winner of VP debate Washington, Oct 04: Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin on Friday played up her debate performance as polls showed voters judging her Democratic rival, Joe Biden, to be the winner of the only Vice Presidential (VP) face-off of the campaign."It was a lot of fun. It was a great opportunity to get to speak directly to Americans," Palin said in an interview with Fox News. McCain told supporters at a town-hall meeting in Pueblo, Colo, “You know, I almost felt a little sorry last night for my old friend Joe Biden.
Unstable Pak dangerous: Biden Washington, Oct 03: The US Vice Presidential candidates on Friday described an "unstable" Pakistan as "extremely dangerous" in their first live debate, with Democrat John Biden contending that its tribal areas and Afghanistan were the "central front" of the war on terror and not Iraq as projected by the Republicans.At the face off with political novice Sarah Palin, 44, ahead of the November election Biden, known for his deft understanding of international relations, warned that the next attack on the US is "going to come from al Qaeda planning in the hills of Afghanistan and Pakistan".