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McCain vs. Obama: The final push

 

Published 11/2/2008 by Domenico Montanaro at First Read

The New York Times says McCain and Obama “began their final push for the White House on Saturday across an electoral map markedly different from four years ago, evidence of Mr. Obama’s success at putting new states into contention and limiting Mr. McCain’s options in the final hours. Mr. Obama was using the last days of the contest to make incursions into Republican territory, campaigning Saturday in three states -- Colorado, Missouri and Nevada -- that President Bush won relatively comfortably...( read more ) (link)

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