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The Last Debate Is History: Three Weeks to Go
The last debate of this year's presidential campaign was the liveliest, but with three weeks to go, did it make a difference? We hear from Republican and Democratic strategists and get reaction states that could make the difference on election day. Also, EU leaders push for sweeping overhaul of the global financial system, and same sex marriage and Roman Catholics in California.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenThe last debate of this year's presidential campaign was the liveliest, but with three weeks to go, did it make a difference? We hear from Republican and Democratic strategists and get reaction from Indiana, Virginia and Ohio, states that could make the difference on election day. Also, EU leaders push for sweeping overhaul of the global financial system, and a Roman Catholic priest fired in California for defying church teaching on same sex marriage.
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3 storiesEU Leaders Push for Sweeping Overhaul of Global Financial System
At Camp David this coming weekend, President Bush will meet with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has a mandate from the other leaders of the European Union: reconstruct the global financial system for the 21st century. Krishna Guha is chief US economic correspondent for the Financial Times .
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In the depths of an economic crisis, recent polls show that attacks are backfiring on John McCain . But the message from his Republican base was to come out swinging. That he did in last night's debate —on taxes, healthcare and Barack Obama 's alleged association with 60's anti-war extremist Bill Ayers.
Read the story35 minPriest at Odds with His Church over Gay Marriage
In California next month, voters will be asked to overturn the State Supreme Court's ruling that gays and lesbians have the constitutional right to be married. Proposition 8 would establish that marriage can only occur between a man and a woman.
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