The president attempts to assure anxious world leaders Monday that the U.S. is taking "bold, aggressive, decisive action" to the strained economy.

Prods Congress to approve his pending bailout plan in remarks during a reception for UN leaders Monday night in New York City.

The Alaska Governor spends the day in New York City meeting with the likes of Afghan President Karzai, Colombia President Uribe and Dr. Henry Kissinger.

First in a string of meetings with international leaders she will attend as the UN General Assembly convenes in the Big Apple.

Tuesday she flies solo, Wednesday she will be joined in the meetings with McCain.

The Arizonan is expected to keep his focus on the economy as he rolls through the two battleground states Tuesday.

He tours a factory in Middleburg, Ohio in the morning and one in Freeland, Michigan in the afternoon.

The Land of Lincolner spends Tuesday sequestered in Tampa, Florida with no public events prepping for the first general election debate Friday.

The focus of the debate in Oxford, Mississippi is foreign policy.

Their latest polling data in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin are set to be released early morning.

The former president tells TIME's Jeffrey Kluger that Democrats would be wise to avoid attacking the Alaska governor directly.

"I’m from Arkansas. I understand why she’s popular.... It’s the job of our side not to attack who she is but to focus on differences in policy."

For more from Clinton-- including his strategy to ease the mortgage crisis-- click here.

From WMUR/Granite State Poll:

McCain 47, Obama 45

The same poll had McCain trailing by three points in July, after leading in April by six points.

Read more on the poll-- including respondents' top issues-- click here.

Conducted Sept. 14-21; error margin: 4.3 points.

Bono and the ONE campaign -- a group fighting AIDS and extreme poverty -- are set to sit down with McCain and Palin this week in New York City.

The organization says they're also in discussions with Obama about a meeting early next month.

Read release here.

At Media, Pennsylvania rally, the Arizonan suggests proposal doesn't include enough oversight.

Palin introduces her runningmate, takes Obama to task, saying he lacks a bipartisan record, slaps him on energy independence.

Plus: AFL-CIO opposes Bush bailout plan.

Their latest polling of the battleground state shows:

Obama 49, McCain 46

Also finds 52% of Virginian voters see the economy as the single most important issue.

Dates conducted: Sept. 18-21. Error margin: 3 points.

Read more -- including breakdowns by gender, race and party -- here.