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...Peter Brown, an independent pollster of swing states at Quinnipiac University, put the McCain problem into stark historical relief last week, when he released polls from Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, which all showed McCain slipping. "Senator John McCain has his work cut out for him if he is to win the presidency," Brown said. "There does not appear to be a role model for such a comeback in the last half-century...
...With a month left, McCain still has time to reverse the recent trend and make election night a nail biter. It was only a few weeks ago, after all, that it was McCain who had soared in national polls and Obama who was dealing with panic in his party. But McCain's campaign is now stuck playing defense. Over the weekend, his running mate, Sarah Palin, held a rally in Nebraska, a traditionally safe Republican state, but one where electoral votes are distributed by congressional district; Obama hopes to steal one such vote in the more liberal Omaha area...
...counteract the hardening environment, the McCain campaign has begun to shift strategy, hoping to change the subject from the economy's woes to questions about Obama's character and readiness to lead. Over the weekend, it unleashed a torrent of fresh attacks on Obama, including a claim by Palin on Saturday that Obama was someone who would "pal around with terrorists," a reference to Obama's limited relationship with William Ayers, a former violent antiwar activist who now works as a professor in Chicago. The claim, which is supported by campaign ads that ask "Who is Barack Obama?," follow...
...Obama campaign, by contrast, continues to invest heavily in positive issue-oriented advertising, including spots that describe Obama's economic and health-care plans. At the same time, Obama has been hitting McCain on the stump, charging that his campaign is running away from the real issues to launch "Swift-boat style" smears. In one recent advertisement, the Obama campaign quotes an editorial saying McCain has shown "erratic" leadership over the past two weeks...
...events before Election Day: a presidential debate Tuesday in Tennessee and a joint forum on Oct. 15 in New York. In the meantime, no matter what the poll numbers show, campaign aides like DuHaime will be forced to talk up their optimism going into the final days. Last Thursday, McCain senior adviser Greg Strimple tried to highlight the fact that Obama too has had to pare down his initial goals for the election. "Obama started off with a 50-state strategy," Strimple said. "We've seen him pull out of Georgia [and] North Dakota. And I hear he is down...