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Both presidential candidates, Barack obama and john mccain, are acknowledging that Americans are suffering through this economy — and both have different theories on how to bring it back together, as a talk with the candidate's top economic advisers showed.

Sen. Barack obama's wife: new target for the republican Party?

[Correction: An initial version of this story failed to account for the $815,971 in royalties that Sen. Barack obama's financial disclosure report says he earned in 2007 from 'Dreams of My Father,' and thus incorrectly reported that the senator's total 2007 book royalties were $3.2 million. That figure, in fact, was the amount of his 2007 royalties for 'The Audacity of Hope' alone.]

KAUKAUNA, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack obama on Thursday accused republican john mccain of mischaracterizing his tax plan and said most Americans would not see taxes go up.

Sen. Barack obama's wife: new target for the republican Party?

Democratic presidential candidate Barack obama on Friday rejected republican rival John McCain's proposal for 10 joint town-hall appearances, offering instead to have just one on the July 4 holiday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack obama and republican john mccain failed to agree on Friday on holding a series of face-to-face town hall meetings and each side blamed the other for an inability to reach an accord.

Some prominent conservatives are hailing Barack obama as the candidate of small government and reduced spending. Madeleine Brand talks to Bruce Bartlett of The New republic about the strange phenomenon.

McCain, obama camps fail to agree on joint town hall sessions

Sen. John McCain's and Sen. Barack obama's camps Friday continued to snipe at each other over advisers, despite promises from both presidential candidates to engage in civil, issue-based campaigns.