"Pretty clearly, if the question is the economy, the answer is Obama,"

McCain struggles as crisis boosts Obama

RENO, Nevada (AFP) — The financial crisis convulsing Congress, Wall Street and the economy at large is a dramatic real-time test of presidential caliber -- and Barack Obama appears to be besting John McCain.

With the House of Representatives throwing out an enormous bailout bill, the latest polls have showed the Democrat Obama building a dominant lead over his Republican rival in the November 4 election.

"Pretty clearly if the question (for voters) is the economy, the answer is Obama," argued William Galston, a former White House adviser who analyzes presidential politics at Washington's Brookings Institution.
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