| 7:45 PM: | An Obama loss would be disastrous for the media and political establishment. An Obama loss would mean the majority of pundits, reporters and analysts were wrong. Pollsters would have to find a new line of work, since Obama has been ahead in all 159 polls taken in the last six weeks. The massive crowds that have regularly turned out to see Obama would turn out to have meant nothing. Slate. | |
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| 6:57 PM: | John McCain's lucky charms. With Election Day in sight on Tuesday, McCain took a sentimental journey back to a state he loves, but also to a town that he is sure brings him good luck. Chicago Tribune. | |
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| 6:47 PM: | My wife made me canvas for Obama; here's what I learned. I've learned that this election is about the heart of America. It's about the young people who are losing hope and the old people who have been forgotten. It's about those who have worked all their lives and never fully realized the promise of America, but see that promise for their grandchildren in Barack Obama. The poor see a chance, when they often have few. I saw hope in the eyes and faces in those doorways. Christian Science Mo. | |
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| 6:30 PM: | Racists for Obama. Plenty of white bigots will vote for Barack Obama on Tuesday. There are some things they fear more than black people. Salon. | |
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| 6:28 PM: | Level of White Support for Obama a Surprise. Some observers say racial attitudes have diminished as an independent force, fading into a broader fabric of cultural concerns. NYT. | |
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| 5:59 PM: | Final USA TODAY/Gallup estimate: Obama, 53%; McCain, 42% Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain by 11 percentage points in the last USA TODAY/Gallup national poll of likely voters before Election Day. USA Today. | |
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| 2:45 PM: | Biden Shows Cub Scouts Around His Plane. Before boarding his plane in Tallahassee, Fla., Sunday afternoon, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., spotted a group of Tiger Cub Scouts visiting the airport firehouse on a field trip. ABC. | |
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| 2:03 PM: | In Final Days, Dirty Tricks Rear Ugly Head. 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. CBS. | |
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| 2:02 PM: | Pa. GOP uses Wright for anti-Obama ad. In a state key to John McCain's hopes, the Republican Party brings up Barack Obama's former pastor. Salon. | |
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| 2:01 PM: | McCain-Palin set to hit 11 states in final push. Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin will campaign in grand total of 11 states on Monday in their last push in the race for the White House. CNN. | |
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| 1:58 PM: | Dueling Tracking Polls Now Agree. The two Gallup tracking poll likely voter models -- with one that has consistently shown a close race and the other showing a likely Democratic blowout -- have converged, with both models now showing Sen. Barack Obama way ahead of Sen. John McCain, 52% to 43%, and 52% to 41%, respectively. Political Wire. | |
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| 1:56 PM: | Obama Leads McCain 52% to 46% in Campaign's Final Days. The Pew Research Center's final pre-election poll of 2,587 likely voters finds 49% supporting or leaning to Obama, 42% for McCain; 2% for minor party candidates and 7% undecided. When the undecided vote is allocated, Obama holds a 52% to 46% lead over McCain. The survey was conducted from Oct. 29 to Nov. 1. Pew Research. | |
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| 1:54 PM: | Even reliably red Montana in play as Election Day looms. CNN's new Electoral College map, updated Sunday morning, moves Montana from "leaning John McCain" to "tossup." The move is partially based on the new CNN poll of polls in Montana, compiled Friday, which suggests that McCain has a 1-point lead over his Democratic rival, Barack Obama, 46 percent to 45 percent. Nine percent of voters are undecided. CNN. | |
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| 1:51 PM: | Final Mason-Dixon Poll Shows Close Race in Virginia. The poll, conducted for several Virginia newspapers, has Obama drawing 47 percent vs. McCain's 44 percent. A Mason-Dixon Virginia poll two weeks ago had Obama ahed by 2-points, 47 to 45 percent Washington Post. | |
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| 11:18 AM: | Obama leads McCain by 6 points. Democrat Barack Obama's lead over Republican rival John McCain firmed marginally to 6 points with support for both candidates steady before Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Sunday. Reuters. | |
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| 10:48 AM: | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Obama doesn't transcend race. He isn't post-race. He is the latest chapter in the ever-unfurling American racial saga. It is an astonishing chapter. For most Americans, it seems as if Obama first came to dinner only yesterday. Should he win the White House on Tuesday, many will cheer and more than a few will cry as history moves inexorably forward. Frank Rich. | |
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| 9:49 AM: | First thoughts: Our final map. With two days before Election Day, the final NBC News map shows Obama remaining above the 270 electoral-vote mark, with a 286-157 lead over McCain. Last week, Obama held a 286-163 advantage. MSNBC. | |
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| 9:45 AM: | Weather in Battleground States on Election Day. Looks like rain in North Carolina, Virginia, Western Colorado and Northern Nevada, but dry in all the other battleground states. Time. | |
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| 9:42 AM: | Obama seven points ahead in CNN's final poll. In the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey, released Sunday morning, 53 percent of likely voters say they are backing Obama, a Democratic senator from Illinois, for president, while 46 percent support McCain, a Republican senator from Arizona. CNN. | |
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| 9:40 AM: | Even early risers see long lines for weekend voting. Not even the early birds could avoid long lines at some voting centers Saturday as pre-Election Day ballot casting continued in parts of the United States. CNN. | |
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| 6:05 AM: | Obama: McCain Every Halloween Dresses Up as George W. Bush. "My girls were doing some trick or treating and, you know, Malia and Sasha each year, every year they've got trouble deciding what they want to be for Halloween," he said. "But John McCain didn't have that problem," Obama said. "Just like every year, he's going as George W. Bush." ABC. | |
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| 5:47 AM: | The single worst expression in American politics. As so many politicians do, Joe Biden perverts the Constitution when he instructs Obama critics that they will soon refer to him as "our commander in chief." Glenn Greenwald. | |
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| 5:32 AM: | The Nation: The Year of Living on the Edge of Our Seats. "Consider this fact: the most famous black man in America isn't dribbling a ball or clutching a microphone," Mr. Coates continued, in a recent essay for Time magazine. "He has no prison record. He has not built a career on four-letter words." NYT. | |
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| 5:25 AM: | Obama ad ties McCain to Cheney. There's nothing subtle about this new TV ad from the campaign of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. It simply takes an endorsement from a vice president who polls show the vast majority of Americans disapprove of, and notes that Dick Cheney has endorsed Republican nominee John McCain. USA Today. | |
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