House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, right, listens to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speak to the news media Monday after the House failed to pass the $700 billion bailout plan, 205-228. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
President, U.S. Senate, Congress, and the Minnesota House of Representatives are the major races in the campaign of 2008. This is the first presidential election without an incumbent or sitting vice president involved since 1952.
Candidates search for answers on the economy
LISTEN
Copy and paste the HTML below to embed this audio onto your web page.
Audio player code:
Republican presidential candidate John McCain's top economic advisor addresses the intense economic pressures facing the candidates in this campaign, and the bipartisan struggle to settle on a bailout plan.
Guests
-
Douglas Holtz-Eakin: Economic advisor to the McCain campaign and former director of the Congressional Budget Office.
-
Lakshman Achuthan: Managing director of the Economic Cycle Research Institute.
-
Catharine Richert: Reporter, Congressional Quarterly.
More from MPR
Resources
