Archive for November 2nd, 2008
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Davis: Holdouts could tilt election (Politico)
Politico – MIAMI – A high-spirited Rick Davis late Sunday night made perhaps his final case for John McCain, arguing that the unusual number of still-remaining undecided voters could tip the election to the GOP and that whether those holdouts ultimately vote could prove decisive.
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Election divides civil rights battle town (Reuters)
Reuters – If Democratic candidate Barack Obama wins Tuesday’s presidential election, he will owe a debt to this Alabama town where one of the most significant confrontations of the civil rights era played out. -
McCain and Obama hit key states in final 48 hours (Reuters)
Reuters – Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain raced through the battleground states of Ohio and Pennsylvania on Sunday, with McCain struggling to overtake Obama’s lead in the final 48 hours of a grueling White House campaign. -
Fears of US ballot-box overload trigger citizens’ army (AFP)
AFP – Armies of volunteers, lawyers and federal agents will fan out across the US for Tuesday’s elections amid mounting fears a record turnout will overload the voting system, sparking a ballot-box meltdown. -
McCain pokes fun at campaign in ‘SNL’ visit
With three days to go before the elections and polls showing him trailing, Republican presidential candidate John McCain appeared on NBC’s late night comedy show “Saturday Night Live,” poking good-natured fun at his campaign.
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Obama, McCain Race Across Swing States on Campaign’s Last Day (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg – Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) — Barack Obama and John McCain are
chasing each other and the presidency across a brace of
battleground states as the race for the White House enters a
furious 24-hour dash to tomorrow’s voting. -
Hard-fought battle in hard-hit Ohio
The McCain and Obama campaigns focus on the state that provided President Bush his margin of victory in 2004. -
Dirty tricks increase as Election Day nears
In the hours before Election Day, as inevitable as winter, comes an onslaught of dirty tricks — confusing e-mails, disturbing phone calls and insinuating fliers left on doorsteps during the night. -
Sharp exchanges mark last Senate debate in Minn. (AP)
AP – Months of tension between Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and his Democratic rival, Al Franken, spilled into their last debate Sunday night as they traded heated accusations about allegations made in a lawsuit against the incumbent.
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Obama lead over McCain narrows to 8 points: poll (Reuters)
Reuters – Democrat Barack Obama heads to the finish line in the 2008 campaign with an 8-point advantage over Republican John McCain, according to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News public opinion poll released on Sunday.
