Congressman Lee Terry of Nebraska has aligned himself with presidential nominee Barack Obama in a new campaign ad. The strange thing? Terry is a Republican.

Minnesota's Senate race, between Republican incumbent Norm Coleman and challenger Democrat Al Franken, is heating up. Taking a move from his successful 2002 playbook, Coleman has vowed to pull all of his negative ads. And while Coleman and Franken battle it out, there isn't much doubt that the Independence Party's Dean Barkley will act as a spoiler in the race. The question is, Who will he spoil it for?

Chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee Tom Cole of Oklahoma talks with The Takeaway about his party's challenges with three weeks to Election Day.

As the presidential campaign heats up and the negative attacks by each candidate increases, The Takeaway looks at whether this strategy works when it comes to earning votes.

U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole was considered a sure thing for re-election this year. But politics are shifting and her Democratic challenger, Kay Hagen, just might win the Senate race in this southern state.

With a less than a month before Election Day, The Takeaway takes a broad look at the hundreds of battles for Congressional seats and why the Democrats are favored.

Guest: Josh Rogers, New Hampshire Public Radio political reporter.

Wall Street wasn't prepared for the recent falls of huge financial institutions: Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, AIG. Who's next?

The Takeaway talks to former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich about what's next for Wall Street and the Federal Reserve Board, and how Wall Street woes could affect the presidential campaigns.

As concerns over US oil consumption continues to rise – and heat up, on the campaign trail – Americans are looking to alternative energy sources to power our homes, our cars, and our lifestyles. Wind turbines have been heavily promoted in good-looking television ads, but the prospect of having turbines next door has made some people concerned about the noise and disruption. Today marks the last day for public comment on putting turbines far offshore, on the outer continental shelf.

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, once the city’s rising star, resigned in a cloud of violence and scandal. We’ll talk to a long time Detroit journalist on what happened – and what’s next.

As the U.S. mainland continues its debate over the selection of Governor Sarah Palin, we look northward and talk to a long-time reporter in Alaska for a local’s opinion on McCain’s pick

A growing number of women are opting to have double mastectomies in order to combat a breast cancer. We’ll talk about why.

Soaring oil prices, coupled with climate change, is making commercial aviation not only unpopular but maybe impossible. Is the mile-high club about to end for good?

Guest: Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox, Sociology Professor at the University of Florida in Gainesville. She's been studying women and childlessness for more than a decade.

Guests: Krishna Garlic, executive director of the non-profit tour company, Brand New Day, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and Mignon Blanchard, a pre-foreclosure candidate selling her house with the assistance of Brand New Day.

Guest: Army Col. Lawrence Morris, Guantanamo trial prosecutor

Senator Ted Stevens has been indicted on seven counts of making false statements. The 84-year-old Alaska Republican and former chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee is accused of falsely reporting hundreds of thousands of dollars in services he received from a company that helped renovate his home. In 2005, Stevens became a lightning rod for critics of wasteful spending when he backed a costly "bridge to nowhere" in his home state. It ultimately was not funded.

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President George Bush and Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani met yesterday at The Oval Office. It’s Gilani’s first visit since Pakistan formed a coalition government earlier this year. Speaking to reporters, the president called Pakistan “a strong ally” and a “vibrant democracy.” The meeting comes as U.S. officials have called on Pakistan to stop militants from organizing cross-Afghanistan-border attacks.

You are being drawn. If you are walking on the streets of New York City, there's a chance that an artist named Jason Polan is taking a flare pen and firing up his sketch pad. After two months, Polan has drawn 500 New Yorkers and he aims to draw a few million more.