Stagehands working for the Commission on Presidential debates continue to prepare the stage for the first 2008 U.S. presidential campaign debate between the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Mississippi, September 24, 2008. Preparations continue for the first debate despite a call from Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain to postpone his debate with Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama because of the financial crisis. REUTERS/Jim Bourg (UNITED STATES) US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN 2008 (USA)