With Election Day Coming Closer...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27483362?GT1=43001

Although this was a couple of days ago..... it caught my attention.
Both Obama and McCain uncorked massive "get-out-the-vote" operations in more than a dozen battleground states on Sunday. There were millions of telephone calls, mailings, and door-knockings in a frenzied climax to a record shattering $1 billion campaign. It says in the article that together they will spend about $8 per presidential vote.

"Polls show the six closest states are Florida, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Nevada and Ohio. All were won by Bush and made competitive by Obama's record-shattering fundraising. The campaigns also are running aggressive ground games elsewhere, including Iowa, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Colorado and Virginia. "

As campaign closes more television ads are coming out. For example, Obama put a tv ad highlighting Dick Cheney's support for McCain. "The ad features Cheney, an extremely unpopular figure among the general public, at an event Saturday in Wyoming, saying: "I'm delighted to support John McCain. I'm pleased that he's chosen a running mate with executive talent, toughness and common sense, our next vice president Sarah Palin."

Here is another interesting tidbit that we were talking about in class on Thursday-about bellwethers..... "Obama and McCain campaigned on each other's turf Sunday. Obama was in Ohio, a bellwether state Bush won four years ago and where polls show Obama tied or winning."

To say the least, it will be interesting to see which states will have the vote for Obama or McCain!