Today, supporters of presidential candidate Barack Obama and John McCain will be out in force claiming their candidate won last night's debate in Tennessee. It was a discussion largely about the policy differences the two have been touting for weeks on the economic troubles, energy policy and the war in Iraq and Afghanistan. But it was a different format, with a small group of voters asking questions and sitting quietly as the candidates spoke.

Guest: Alex Retson, BBC business correspondent

Guest: Eric Schmidt, the New York Times

In last night’s political debate, did McCain or Obama put lipstick on another barnyard animal? The Takeaway talks with linguist James Geary about political aphorisms, and which candidate won the war of witty words.

Yesterday Ben Bernanke hinted that the Federal Reserve Board would lower interest rates when it meets at the end of the month. The markets were having none of it though — the Dow plunged 508 points yesterday. New York Times reporter Edmund Andrews explains the Fed’s strategy for easing the financial crisis, and what has and hasn’t worked so far.

Guest: Fred Barbash, Senior Editor, Politico. He moderates Politico's The Arena

Guest: John Steele Gordon, author and business and economic historian

Van Jones, author of “The Green Collar Economy,” explains how to save the world and the economy one green job at a time.

Guest: Rupert Wingfield-Hayes, BBC correspondent in Moscow, Russia

Last night, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama debated for a second time. For a look at how they did and whom they lured, The Takeaway talks to a handful of voters in the nation’s swing states.

Guest: Edmund Andrews, the New York Times

Guest: Gretchen Morgenson, assistant business and financial editor and a columnist for the New York Times

Guest: Peggy Silva of Amherst, New Hampshire, asked the candidates the "Zen-like" question "What don't you know and how will you learn it?'' at the second presidential debate in Nashville, Tennessee.