Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/candidates-spar-over-economy-attempt-to-calm-voters Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript After the second presidential debate in Nashville, Tenn., the candidates rejoined the campaign trail where Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin assailed the platform of Sen. Barack Obama, while the Democrat and his running mate Sen. Joe Biden sought to calm anxious voters. Kwame Holman reports on the race's latest. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. JIM LEHRER: And now, the presidential campaign, as the candidates go back on the road. NewsHour correspondent Kwame Holman begins our coverage. KWAME HOLMAN: At a rally in Tampa, Fla., this morning, Democrat Joe Biden claimed his side was 3-for-3 after the second McCain-Obama debate and his debate last week with Sarah Palin. SEN. JOE BIDEN (D-Del.): I realize I'm slightly prejudiced about our ticket, but if this was a best-of-five series, it'd be over. It'd be done. KWAME HOLMAN: Biden also charged that the McCain campaign was trying to scare voters with its attacks on Barack Obama. SEN. JOE BIDEN: The one they have chosen is to appeal to fear with a veiled question, "Who is the real Barack Obama?" Ladies and gentlemen, to have a vice presidential candidate raise the most outrageous inferences, the ones that John McCain's campaign is condoning, is simply wrong.