THE ECONOMIC CRISIS

John McCain: "Americans are angry, they're upset, and they're a little fearful. It's our job to fix the problem. I have a plan to fix this problem."

Barack Obama: "This is a final verdict on the failed economic policies of the last eight years."

THE ECONOMIC FIX

John McCain, announcing a proposal for the government to buy up bad home mortgages and renegotiate terms for distressed homeowners: "It's my proposal, it's not Senator Obama's proposal, it's not President Bush's proposal. I know how to get America working again."

Barack Obama: "The middle-class need a rescue package. That means tax cuts for the middle-class. It means help for homeowners so they can stay in their homes."

TAX POLICY AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS

John McCain: "We can attack health care and energy at the same time. We're not rifle shots here. We are Americans."

"Nailing down Senator Obama's various tax proposals is like nailing jell-o to the wall. There's been five or six of them, and if we wait long enough there will be another one."

Barack Obama: "I think the Straight Talk Express lost a wheel on that one."

"Senator McCain wants to give a 300 billion dollar tax cut ... to the largest corporations ... and CEOs on Wall Street. That is not fair. And it doesn't work."

ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

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