McCain and Obama: The never ending campaign

Damon Winter/ NY Times: Senator Barack Obama campaigning in Reno on Saturday

Senator John McCain and his wife at a rally Saturday morning in Albuquergue

McCain and Obama Head West

With the campaign in its final ten days, the LA Times and New York Times reported that both warring candidates fled to the key western states of New Mexico and Nevada to garner the crucial support of the undecided voters. Of course, the LA Times, or should I say the "Obama Times," was quick to state that McCain had fewer than 1,000 voters at the State Fair Grounds in Albuquerque, while Obama spoke to more than 11, 000 supporters at the University of Nevada. The rallies consisted of Obama's usual comparison of McCain's apparent twin- President Bush and McCain's attempt to gain an emotional and neighboring connection with his supporters.

"John McCain is so opposed to George Bush's policies that he voted with him 90% of the time for the first eight years. That's right, he decided to really stick it to George Bush--- 10% of the time (LA Times)."

"'My friends, Sen. Obama has never been south of our border,' McCain said. 'he doesn't know these issues. I know them... I'm proud to be a senator from the West (LA Times).'"

Obama Gains Lead Over McCain

Both the LA Times and Washington Post reported Obama in the lead Saturday. "In the Washington Post- ABC News daily tracking poll on Saturday, Obama has an overall lead of 53 percent to 44 percent among likely voters." With absentee ballots piling in before Nov. 4, the LA Times reported that election officials were able to report a high proportion of Democrats and African Americans voting early, indicating Obama's possible lead in the key battle ground states (of which these votes have shown a high proportion for).

Economic Strife Drives Latino Vote

With the economy at a steady downfall, the LA Times have reported that many Latinos having been looking to Obama's plan for help. So many immigrants and their families are currently struggling to pay mortgage, are losing their homes, or finding themselves without work leaving them to fear McCain's Bush resembling plans.

"' I'm for Obama,' Gustavo Mora, 64, told a Republican campaign worker on his doorstep last week. 'I'm losing my house. That one next door is gone. Across the street, Chinese people bought that house... The economy is so bad, and I'm afraid [John] McCain has the same ideas as President Bush, since he's a Republican too.'"