Democrat Barack Obama (L) listens to Republican John McCain during their second presidential debate at Belmont University's Curb Event Center on October 7, 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee. (PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/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.
Post-debate analysis
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Political experts Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute and Larry Jacobs of the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute offer analysis of the second presidential debate in Nashville.
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Norm Ornstein: Resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He's a Minnesota native and leading expert in Congress and politics. Ornstein co-authored "The Broken Branch: How Congress is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track"
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Larry Jacobs: Director of the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute
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