In Last Round, McCain Gets Aggressive

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In Last Round, McCain Gets Aggressive
October 16, 2008
Associated Press

HEMPSTEAD, New York - John McCain, needing to re-ignite his faltering presidential campaign, accused Barack Obama in their final debate of waging class warfare with his tax plans and lashed out at the Democrat's efforts to link him to George W. Bush's unpopular presidency.

"Senator Obama, I am not President Bush. If you wanted to run against President Bush, you should have run four years ago," McCain said.

McCain came out fighting Wednesday night in what was perhaps his last big opportunity to turn around a campaign less than three weeks before the election, but Obama emerged from the encounter relatively unscathed.

McCain's poll numbers have fallen as Americans appear increasingly unwilling to put another Republican in the White House at a time of financial turmoil and fears of a recession. Major U.S. stock market indexes fell nearly 8 percent or more Wednesday.

The 90-minute encounter, at Hofstra University outside New York City, had the fireworks lacking in the candidates' first two debates. With the rivals seated at a round table, McCain assailed Obama's character and his campaign positions on taxes, trade, abortion and other issues.


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