24 hours left: Obama sees ‘righteous wind’
White House rivals Barack Obama and John McCain Sunday hurled themselves into a Herculean final 48 hours of campaigning before their date with destiny in the US presidential election.
Mr Obama on Sunday was on a three-city tour of Ohio — a crucial state for both the front-running Democrat and his Republican opponent after it decided the 2004 election in favour of President George W. Bush.
Mr McCain, following his own two-day bus odyssey around the rust-belt state, was stepping up the pace with his first midnight rally of the campaign, in Florida, following events in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.
Entering the electrifying campaign’s final weekend, Mr Obama on Saturday promised a “new politics for a new time” and said he had a “righteous wind” at his back as he pursues his quest to become America’s first black President.
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Mr Obama on Sunday was on a three-city tour of Ohio — a crucial state for both the front-running Democrat and his Republican opponent after it decided the 2004 election in favour of President George W. Bush.
Mr McCain, following his own two-day bus odyssey around the rust-belt state, was stepping up the pace with his first midnight rally of the campaign, in Florida, following events in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.
Entering the electrifying campaign’s final weekend, Mr Obama on Saturday promised a “new politics for a new time” and said he had a “righteous wind” at his back as he pursues his quest to become America’s first black President.
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