Washington - Presidential hopeful John McCain is withdrawing his campaign from Michigan after concluding there's little chance of defeating Barack Obama in the working class state.

McCain, the Republican nominee, will halt television and mailing campaigns, Politico reported Thursday, and shift staff to other states that are still competitive, some of them ones that Democrats typically win.

A McCain aid told Politico the decision was based in Michigan's preference for Democrats and because of the resources the Obama camp has poured into the state.

New York - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg Thursday formally announced he would seek a revision of a term limits law so he can run for a third term and continue the work on keeping Wall Street and the city a world financial hub.

Bloomberg, a successful financier and billionaire, brushed off criticism that the move was undemocratic to try to change the local law limiting New York City's mayors to two four-year terms.

Washington, Oct 2: Former President Bill Clinton made his first campaign trail appearance on behalf of Democratic White House nominee Barack Obama.

Clinton, in his first campaign trail appearance on behalf of Obama, touted the Democratic presidential ticket as the best team for tackling a growing set of national and international challenges.

Washington, Oct 2: People who know Sarah Palin, and have watched her swift rise from small-town mayor to Alaska Governor to history-making vice presidential nominee, say she needs to be herself in her debate Thursday with her Democrat rival Joe Biden even if it means slipping up or appearing to fall out of step with John McCain's campaign.

“What I would tell her is ... Let Sarah be Sarah,” FOX News quoted Palin’s former pollster David Dittman, as saying.

New York, Oct 2: Democrat vice presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden Jr. is getting advice from a woman who has been an intimate since he was a grade school student with a stutter and a paper route, to take on his rival Sarah Palin in Thursday night’s debate.

“He’s been my best friend all my life. I opened my eyes and he was there and he said, ‘Let’s go.’ I was his sidekick,” said Biden’s sister, Valerie Biden Owens.

As Biden Owens, 62, spoke, she summoned the ghost of her younger self, a kid sister trailing awestruck behind her big brother, Joey, the New York Times reported.

Washington, Oct 2: Sarah Palin has struggled after her successful entry onto the national stage. Though she continues to attract large crowds on the campaign trail and delight social conservatives, her performance in the past few weeks has raised questions, even among conservatives, about whether McCain made a wise choice.