New York, Oct. 13 : The statement that “Obama is a Muslim who has concealed his religion” has generated enough controversy during the current presidential campaign, that even today, it continues to be an engine that drives other false rumors about Obama’s background.

New York, Oct. 13 : Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has revealed to the New York Daily News how he plans to deal with the economic meltdown and how he plans to lead Americans out of it.

In article for the tabloid, Obama says that while this is a moment of uncertainty for America, it is also a time for “resolve and steady leadership."

He says that the Treasury Department must implement the rescue plan that passed Congress as quickly as possible. But that''s just the beginning.

Washington, Oct. 13 : About six in 10 voters see Republican John McCain as mainly on the attack, while nearly seven in 10 say Obama is primarily addressing the issues in the campaign.

According to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.; 59 percent said McCain is focused on attacking Obama.

A report last week by the University of Wisconsin Advertising Project found that nearly all of McCain''s TV spots at the beginning of the month were negative ads, compared with about a third of Obama''s.

But both sides have been doing their share of negative ads: Overall, the university researchers show that 73 percent of McCain''s ads and 61 percent of Obama''s have been negative in tone over the course of the campaign.

Arlington (Virginia US), Oct. 13 : Republican presidential nominee John McCain vowed to ''whip'' Democratic nominee Barack Obama''s ''a..’ in the final televised presidential debate this Wednesday.

According to FOXNews. com, McCain''s pledge has sent shivers down the spines of some Republicans who find the racially charged verb may be used against the candidate.

New York, Oct. 13: Two top advisers to John McCain and Barack Obama got into a verbal sparring match Sunday over which campaign is using the harshest tactics and meanest accusations to scare voters.

Appearing simultaneously on "FOX News Sunday, Obama''s chief adviser David Axelrod and McCain campaign manager Rick Davis took their gloves off before accusing each other of landing the lowest blows this election season.

Axelrod hit the McCain team on the increasingly agitated rhetoric coming from voters attending McCain rallies.

Washington, Oct. 11 : Michelle Obama has joined her husband Barack on John McCain''s too-tight-with-terrorists watch list.

A McCain campaign conference call Friday noted that Michelle worked at a Chicago law firm "at the same time as Bernardine Dohrn," a ''60s radical and the wife of ex-terrorist Bill Ayers.

According to the New York daily News, so did 1,800 other people back in 1987. The firm, Sidley Austin, is huge.

New polls suggest that the barrage of attacks featuring Ayers might be backfiring. A Fox News/Opinion Dynamics survey showed Obama''s approval ratings up from 57 to
60 percent.