Obama takes commanding lead over McCainBarack Obama seized command of the race for the White House Tuesday night, defeating John McCain in Ohio and Iowa and building a near insurmountable Electoral College advantage in his historic bid to become the first black president. Fellow Democrats gained strength in both houses of Congress. Obama beats McCain in OHIO, McCain wins KentuckyDemocratic Sen. Barack Obama opened a big lead in the presidential election Tuesday night as NBC News projected that he had won Pennsylvania’s 21 electoral votes, which both parties had targeted as critical to winning the race, along with several other large Eastern and Midwestern states.
Written on November 4, 2008 | Posted in Politics
The wait is over Americans line up to make historyAmericans go to the polls Tuesday in what is already one of the most historic elections since the nation began.
Written on November 4, 2008 | Posted in Politics
U.S. vote campaign moves into final day Obama holds significant leadThe Los Angeles Times reports, “After almost two years of constant cross-country campaigning, the presidential election has come down to a flurry of appearances in several key states.” Barack Obama and Sarah Palin “are crisscrossing Ohio,” while “GOP standard-bearer John McCain returned to Pennsylvania, whose 21 electoral votes are seen by his strategists as up [...] Riding with McCain in “Straight Talk Express”Reuters Boston staff photographer Brian Snyder is traveling with Republican U.S. presidential nominee John McCain through election day November 4.
Written on November 2, 2008 | Posted in Your Blogs
Last weekend of election: Obama confident for victoryAfter 21 months of campaigning, Barack Obama says there’s a “righteous wind” behind his aim to bring “fundamental change” to America. McCain, Obama battle into last daysOhio (Reuters) - Republican presidential nominee John McCain on Friday seized on California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s star power in Ohio, a state critical to his hopes of clawing back Democrat Barack Obama’s lead going into Tuesday’s election. Palin accuses Obama of ‘not enough experience’With time running short in the 2008 presidential campaign, Gov. Sarah Palin made a campaign tour through swing-state Colorado on Monday, cutting through the gloom of a raw and cold Colorado Springs morning with an appeal to “help put the maverick in the White House.” Colin Powell endorses Obama on Meet the PressFormer Secretary of State Colin Powell announced Sunday that he will break with his party and vote for Sen. Barack Obama. “He has both style and substance. I think he is a transformational figure,” Powell said on NBC’s Meet the Press. McCain’s path to victory looks difficult4 November 2008 US election just three weeks away, Senator John McCain’s Electoral College routes to the White House have narrowed. |
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