| November 4, 2008 Candidates make final sprint on campaign trail
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(Katie Daly, NECN: Worcester, MA) - It’s been a long and heated presidential race. On the campaign's closing day, some political observers say its clear who the winner will be.
Donald Brand professor of political science at Holy Cross says Obama has been gaining a lead in the polls since September when the stock market took a turn for the worst.
“I think when you look at the unpopularity of Bush and the economic crisis it was a steady up hill climb for McCain no matter what he did.”
Monday, during a campaign stop Florida....Obama bashed his rival.
McCain made a last minute dash across seven battle ground states including Florida and Pennsylvania, ending in Arizona, his home state. At a rally in Tennessee he attacked Obama on taxes and energy issues.
“When I’m elected president we'll lower the cost of energy create millions of jobs and we will have environmentally safe off shore drilling Sen Obama opposes drilling we'll drill now.”
Professor Brand doesn't rule out a McCain victory..... He says his last minute campaign push could make a difference.
“There is one path to victory for McCain he would have to win every toss up state where he is even in the polls.”
Locally voters have their own predictions.
“I think its going to be close I think Sen Obama can pull it off tomorrow.”
“I think McCain will win-I think the polls are wrong I think most people are lying to the polls.”
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