The desk and set is ready where U.S. presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama will sit in front of moderator and CBS news anchor Bob Schieffer for the last presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, on October 15. (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.
A preview of the final presidential debate
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Before Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate John McCain meet tonight at Hofstra University on Long Island, New York, political analysts join midday to preview this final presidential debate.
Guests
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Tom Horner: political analyst, a Republican
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Todd Rapp: political analyst, a Democrat
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