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Economic crisis grips both McCain, Obama campaigns

Now, suddenly it's real. The 3 a.m. phone call from Wall Street that kicked the two presidential nominees off the front pages this week also jolted the campaign season to a new level of seriousness, as it becomes clear what a bleak national predicament will be handed over to Barack Obama or John McCain six weeks from now.

The bewildering speed of events that started with Lehman Brothers' failure...

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