Candidates Switch Focus to the Economy

ByABC News
September 18, 2008, 9:35 AM

&#151; -- Watch Jake Tapper's piece from Good Morning America Thursday on the way the financial crisis has impacted the election strategies of both Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain. <

In dueling TV ads, both Obama and McCain seek voter trust that their own administration would be able to fix the economic woes plaguing the nation.

Obama mocks McCain as part of the problem; McCain hammers Obama for proposing some tax increases

On the federal bailout of insurance giant AIG that dominated headlines yesterday, McCain shifted his answer -- supporting the bailout though he originally opposed -- while Obama held off on taking a position, saying he wants to see more details.