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...first person in line. He's gotten here an hour early, concerned that long lines would have greeted him had he come later. Mayer's class has been following the election closely, analyzing campaign ads for their emotional and factual messages and reviewing notable past elections including the 2000 race that put Florida at the center of a political storm for 37 days. He doubts this election will be sent into overtime. "I don't think it's going to be as close as it was during the last election," said Mayer, who declined to disclose his choice. "It looks...
...final flight of Straight Talk Air, John McCain came back to thank the press and reaffirm that he is feeling good about the race. He was followed by Steve Schmidt, the campaign's top strategist. McCain, said Schmidt, has "been working very hard over the last 100 days of the campaign. Long day yesterday. Late night. Early start this morning. And he's going to cross the finish line head up, running all the way. We will see results here in a few hours...
...hours. But certainly on a personal level, I am very proud to have a chance to be associated with John McCain. He's a hell of a good guy. " "The global economic collapse in the middle of September occurred at a time when we were ahead in the race," Schmidt continued, "dropping the right-track number to roughly 5%, 6%, 7%, which are numbers that I don't think will ever be seen again in any of our lifetimes. It was a bad economic environment throughout the election, where people were angry at the incumbent party...
Asked if he was happy with the choice of Sarah Palin as McCain's running mate, Schmidt said, "You know, there will be time for all the postmortems in the race. I think that we'll know in a few hours what the results are, and there will be a time for all the postmortem parts of it." - By Michael Scherer, with the McCain campaign...
...gone and the Obamas of Kogelo in the Rift Valley were asleep. To be sure, a rainstorm had washed out much of the clan's festivities. But clearly no one was staying up to wait for the U.S. networks to declare a winner in that presidential race far away - be it their favorite relative or not. (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree.) They will wait for daybreak - or a long-distance call - for that news. - By Alex Perry / Kogelo...