No matter the age, sex or political party, most Stateline voters want both presidential candidates to be very clear tonight on how they'll fix our economy.

"Hear what their take is on this plan with the banks and the stocks and especially how they've been discussing what it will mean for me, the taxpayer," says Janet Jastremski, a Republican from Aurora.

"I'm very interested in the economics with the gas prices being as they are, I'd like to see something done for the American public for taxes like that," says Debbie Hahn, an undecided voter from Shannon.

All week, John McCain has said he would be skipping the debate against Barack Obama at the University of Mississippi. So he could work on the economic crisis in Washington instead. But this morning, he reversed his decision. And will be showing up after all.

"I think it shows he finds the economic crisis to be really important and he wants to really focus on solving that. I'm sure it takes a lot of time to prepare for a debate. He probably wanted to be well prepared for the debate," says Poplar Grove Republican Lisa Richard.

"They have plenty of people in the congress debating now without his help, and he was there last night," says Freeport Democrat Viola Martin.

"You have to do more than one thing at once, you can't just drop everything," Jastremski says.

"Seems like he was delaying, it was his way of stepping back and not having to answer questions," says Machesney Park Democrat Roel Benavides

"I thought it was great he thought it wasn't as important right now and wanted to see what else could be done." says Hahn.

While the economy will be discussed, tonight's main topic is foreign policy. It was picked months ago, before "bailout" became mainstream.

Tonight's debate is at an historical location. Back in 1962, thousands of whites swarmed the University of Mississippi's campus, to prevent the first African American from enrolling.