The American worker is the most productive and most innovative. They're the fundamental of our economy and the strength of it and the reason why we will rebound.

McCain will lower taxes for everybody, including businesses. So, he wants to reduce taxes for all individual taxpayers.

Still John McCain says, well, 'I called for more regulations two years ago.' Barack Obama says he would just be more like George W. Bush.

What I obviously was saying and I believe is the American worker is the most productive, most innovative, they're the fundamental of our economy and the strength of it, and the reason why we will rebound. We will come back from this…

The American worker is the most productive and the most innovative; they're the fundamental of our economy and the strength of it and the reason why we will rebound. We will come back from this crisis.

Talk's a tough game on the financial crisis but the facts tell a different story. Senator Obama took more money from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than anyone but the chairman of the committee they answer to.

It's over. It's over for the special interests.

We have to assure every American that their deposit in a bank is safe. We have to have a 9/11 commission and we have to fix this alphabet soup of regulatory agencies that's left over from the 1930s.

In short order we're going to put an end to the reckless conduct, corruption and unbridled greed that have caused the crisis on Wall Street. We're going to put a stop to it.

John McCain is clearly uncomfortable with the campaign that he has authorized his staff to run.

Our economy is at risk today. Have no doubt how serious this -- this problem is.

Actually, they're not lies.

First of all, earmark spending, which she vetoed a half-a-billion dollars worth in the state of Alaska.

The lies of the McCain campaigns, the untruth, the distortions, the attempts to paint Senator Obama are more central to the arguments of the McCain campaign right now than they are to the Obama campaign on the other side.

People are frightened by these events. Our economy, I think, still, the fundamentals of our economy are strong, but these are very, very difficult times. And I promise you, we will never put America in this position again. We will clean up…

Our campaign website, johnmccain.com is going to provide a central point to contribute directly to relief efforts. I urge you to do so.

Cindy and I join every American in offering prayers and assistance to those along the Gulf Coast. We do know that the economic impact from this storm will be severe. Like most Americans our main concern about the impact of this storm will…

Both McCain and Obama dishing out, taking tough shots, trading charges of gutter politics.