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Democrat or Republican, all were welcome to a cookie in the bright sunshine of a gorgeous autumn day. One man enjoying the festive atmosphere, Kasey Denbleyker, allowed that he reluctantly chose John McCain after much vascillation. "I barely voted for him," he said. For the most part, though, this normally quiet polling place was swamped with Obama supporters, black and white, young and old. A volunteer attorney for Obama was on hand in case of difficulties or irregularities, though everything seemed to be going smoothly. "I felt blessed and privileged," Denbleyker said. "There's no security, no machine guns...
...George H. W. Bush.) In 2008, however, the Obama campaign organized early for the Democratic primary there and has maintained its presence. Indeed, it has been running local TV spots continuously since June. While Barack Obama and his wife Michelle made several trips to the state this year, John McCain has not put in a single appearance. That kind of attention from the Democrats has apparently put the state up for grabs...
...pictures of John McCain's final push on the campaign trail...
...consortium's fate; it was shuttered soon after and replaced by a different set of pollsters that serve the National Election News Pool. But this organization suffered its own scandal in 2004 when exit poll data was leaked online around midday on Election Day, prompting bloggers to declare John Kerry the presumptive winner. In 2006, the pollsters began quarantining representatives of the NEP to prevent such leaks from occurring...
...Obama continued his criticism of John McCain, but began it with an expression of respect for his GOP opponent. As he put it to the crowd in Jacksonville, Fla.: "Sen. McCain has served this country honorably and at the end of this long race I want to congratulate him on the tough race that he has fought." But Obama added: "The truth is John McCain has stood with President Bush every step of the way. . He still hasn't explained to the American people a single thing he would do differently from George Bush when it comes to the economy...