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There is still a Presidential election campaign going on so all three networks checked in on the candidates' response to Henry Paulson's plan. ABC's George Stephanopoulos noted that there are likely to be "large scale defections from the rank on file" from members of both parties in opposition to the legislation. As a consequence he saw Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama "watching each other, playing chicken. I think they want to end up voting in the same way. If one defects, the other may defect too." On the campaign trail, CBS' Chip Reid heard both denounce the plan's lack of oversight and its focus on "the titans of Wall Street" at the expense of ordinary citizens: "It is not often that the two candidates sound like they are reading from the same talking points." CNBC's John Harwood told NBC anchor Brian Williams that while there were "broad similarities in their responses," McCain "knows the wind is in his face" so he is trying to shift the argument away from economic policy to "corruption and greed by individuals."
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