Presidential race

I tend to read small bits or news, here and there, regarding the upcoming U.S. presidential election. Like past presidential election years, I tend to remain undecided until approximately 1 months before the actual election. Again, like in past years, I have a bad taste in my mouth as the candidates are excreting their talking points and, in some cases, informational entertainment spots.

Despite the campaign system being mostly broken:
1. Campaign finance corruption.
2. Campaign lobbyist corruption.
3. Emphasis on pointing fingers rather than solving issues or accepting responsibility (see: economy).
4. Emphasis on polarizing issues (abortion, Iraq, death penalty, stem cell research) since the candidates are so close to each other on almost every other issue.

That being said, I like to usually watch the presidential debates. It's an opportunity for, at least, a little straighttalk regarding the meat of the campaigns...

How will each candidate tackle foreign policy (see: Iraq)?
How will each candidate tackle the economy (see: Housing market, weak dollar)?

So here is the tentative schedule:

September 26, 2008: Presidential debate with domestic policy focus, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
October 2, 2008: Vice Presidential debate, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
October 7, 2008: Presidential debate in a town hall format, Belmont University, Nashville, TN
October 15, 2008:Presidential debate with foreign policy focus, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

I'm interested to see how the candidates discuss the recent real-estate mortgage crisis (Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac) and financial sector problems (Merril Lynch, Lehman Brothers, AIG) and how it impacts the economy. I, hope, for the sake of the U.S. economy, they discuss more about their plans to strengthen the economy rather than pointing party-line fingers. This is a bi-partisan issue and should be treated as such.