In the Headlines

"Rivals taking populist turn on economy" (Jill Zuckman and John McCormick, Chicago Tribune) - The nation's economic distress soaked up the presidential candidates' attention again Wednesday as each tried to convince voters that only he could get the financial markets back on track in order to right the economy.

"Hackers break into Palin e-mails" (Kara Rowland, Washington Times) - Hackers broke into a Yahoo e-mail account belonging to Republican vice-presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin, turning up personal e-mails and photos from state officials and family members.

"Obama won't repeal 'don't ask' on his own" (Nedra Pickler, AP) - Democrat Barack Obama said if elected president he would not try to repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy on his own.

"Recent Obama Ads More Negative Than Rival's, Study Says" (Howard Kurtz, Washington Post) - Despite perceptions that Sen. John McCain has spent more time on the attack, Sen. Barack Obama aired more negative advertising last week than did the Arizona Republican, says a study released yesterday.

On the Morning Shows

Today - Lawrence Summers: "These problems were quite some time in the making and they'll take some time to work through. I think there's every reason to expect that American consumers are not going to release the money they've invested in companies, there's not reason for your viewers to panic."

Good Morning America - Joe Biden: "We're going to create jobs. The clear choice, fundamental philosophy: we want to take money and put it back into middle class pockets. When 82% of the country think the country's going in the wrong direction, the idea that they're going to reelect someone who doesn't have a fundamental disagree with President Bush on the economy. [The public] believes in the change we want, they just don't know if [we] can accomplish it." (Video)

From Late Night

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(Greg Bobrinskoy contributed to the Morning Report.)