Today, we hear from both sides on the “troopergate” investigation and Elizabeth Edwards chimes in on the candidates’ health care plans:
Meg Stapleton with the McCain-Palin campaign says the Troopergate investigation has turned into a political vendetta (Courtesy: KTVA) (:13)
Lawmakers’ attorney Kevin Clarkson says the GOP group filing suit believe the probe is unlawful and biased […]

With bad economic news piling up, the candidates put away the lipstick and started talking turkey:
John McCain says he’d like to see a commission, similar to the one that studied the 9-11 attacks, tackle the economic crisis (Courtesy: NBC’s “Today”) (:06)
McCain says he’s the candidate best-suited to navigate the country out of its economic troubles […]

Some would argue that the veep nominees are upstaging the top of their tickets, as they hit the trail. Today, we follow the herd.
American University political scientist Allan Lichtman says Sarah Palin has no record on many foreign and domestic issues that matter to voters (:15)
Sarah Palin talks about this latest meltdown on Wall Street […]

Today, we take a break from the politicians and pundits and instead hear from the families of the victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa.
We begin at Thursday’s events at the World Trade Center:
Julie Boryczewski, who lost her brother at the World Trade Center, says […]

Barack Obama’s lipstick-on-a-pig remark from Tuesday’s Virginia rally (:08)
Obama calls the McCain campaign’s criticism of Obama’s “lipstick-on-a-pig” comment a “made-up controversy” (:09)
Obama says it’s ridiculous to think that he was smearing Sarah Palin with his lipstick comment (:10)
Obama says the comment was made in regard to John McCain’s economic policies being no different than Bush’s […]

Barack Obama says President Bush’s Iraq withdrawal plan barely puts a dent in the troop total (:20)
Obama says the U.S. is still spending too much money in Iraq (:07)
Obama says the Iraqis are getting a free ride, while American’s are paying the price (:10)
Obama says the U.S. should never have been in Iraq (:14)
Obama says […]

GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin criticizes Barack Obama over requesting money for his home state of Illinois (:11)
Palin says that as Governor of Alaska she’s cut back on pork barrel requests for her own state (:12)
Bob Woodward, promoting his new book, “The War Within,” says President Bush was slow to react to the […]

Sarah Palin says those who wrote off John McCain’s candidacy during the primary season made a big mistake (:10)
Palin says even McCain’s rival has acknowledged the success of the surge in Iraq (:15)
Republican presidential nominee John McCain offers high-praise for his running mate (:08)
McCain talks about Friday’s report that unemployment had hit a five-year high […]