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Final weekend: Obama confident, McCain seeks upset      (AP)
Final weekend: Obama confident, McCain seeks upset (AP)
AP - Warmed by the cheers of thousands, John McCain and Barack Obama plunged through the final weekend of their marathon race for the White House, the Republican digging for an upset while his confident-sounding rival told supporters, "We can change this country."
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reuters.com — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It is almost too late for an October Surprise. But Democrat Barack Obama and... Republican John McCain should be wary of the Last Weekend. The final days of the last two presidential races featured unexpected twists that appeared ... (more) Obama and McCain: Be wary of the final weekend | ...
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Obama takes battle to Republican territory
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... candidate in 2004 and 2000. His events included an appearance in Cleveland with rocker Bruce Springsteen. Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said Sunday that the Democrat has expanded the electoral map by aggressively campaigning in traditional Republican states like Virginia, Colorado and Nevada. "We did not want to wake up on the morning of Nov. 4 waiting for one state. We wanted a lot of different ways to win this election," Plouffe said on "Fox News Sunday." Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081102/ap_on_el_pr/campaig... [image] Democratic presidential candidate ...

Obama vs McCain: Who's Phoning Whom?
techPresident — ... I've seen mention that the GOP claims something like three million voter contacts and phone calls were made this past Saturday, which would be an impressive number. I have to say, if something that big is going on, the web would reflect it. Even if McCain's base is older and less webby than Obama's base, there would be many more references online to McCain phone banks. ...

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