Independents split evenly between Obama and McCain

By Kevin Rivoli (AP)

Jack Marshall says he's voting for Barack Obama this year. That's ominous news for John McCain.

"I like Obama, he has fresh ideas on things," said Marshall, 59, an independent who hasn't backed a Democrat for president since Bill Clinton. "McCain has George Bush's ideas on things, and I don't think that's such a hot deal right now."

Independents like Marshall, an unemployed chemist from Drexel Hill, Pa., are a quarter of voters right now. A recent Associated Press-GfK Poll showed them divided about evenly, 44 percent for Obama and 41 percent for McCain.

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Disadvantage, McCain Independents support split

By Kevin Rivoli (AP)

Jack Marshall says he\'s voting for Barack Obama this year. That\'s ominous news for John McCain.

\"I like Obama, he has fresh ideas on things,\" said Marshall, 59, an independent who hasn\'t backed a Democrat for president since Bill Clinton. \"McCain has George Bush\'s ideas on things, and I don\'t think that\'s such a hot deal right now.\"

Independents like Marshall, an unemployed chemist from Drexel Hill, Pa., are a quarter of voters right now. A recent Associated Press-GfK Poll showed them divided about evenly, 44 percent for Obama and 41 percent for McCain.

Some...

Barack Obama

Independents split evenly between Obama and McCain

By Kevin Rivoli (AP)

Jack Marshall says he\'s voting for Barack Obama this year. That\'s ominous news for John McCain.

\"I like Obama, he has fresh ideas on things,\" said Marshall, 59, an independent who hasn\'t backed a Democrat for president since Bill Clinton. \"McCain has George Bush\'s ideas on things, and I don\'t think that\'s such a hot deal right now.\"

Independents like Marshall, an unemployed chemist from Drexel Hill, Pa., are a quarter of voters right now. A recent Associated Press-GfK Poll showed them divided about evenly, 44 percent for Obama and 41 percent for McCain.

Some...

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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told international leaders on Sunday that isolationism and protectionism could worsen the spreading financial crisis. With a new trading week dawning, U.S. lawmakers urged quick action by the Bush administration on measures to make direct purchases of bank stock to help unlock lending.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, said an administration proposal to inject federal money directly into certain banks, in effect partially nationalizing the banking system, "is gaining steam."

"I am hopeful that tomorrow, the Treasury will announce that they're doing it. And they have to do it quickly ... markets are waiting," Schumer, D-N.Y., said.   Read More...