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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 11:37 AM
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Obama takes battle to Republican territory
Source: Yahoo News

WASHINGTON – Two days before Election Day, John McCain and Barack Obama are playing on each other's turf, with McCain dashing through Democratic states where he trails and Obama showing his strength in one that voted Republican in the last two presidential elections.

Obama was spending Sunday in Ohio, a traditional battleground that went for the Republican presidential candidate in 2004 and 2000. His events included an appearance in Cleveland with rocker Bruce Springsteen.

Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said Sunday that the Democrat has expanded the electoral map by aggressively campaigning in traditional Republican states like Virginia, Colorado and Nevada.

"We did not want to wake up on the morning of Nov. 4 waiting for one state. We wanted a lot of different ways to win this election," Plouffe said on "Fox News Sunday."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081102/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp





Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., waves at a rally with his wife Michelle Obama and daughters Malia Obama, 10, and Sasha Obama 7, in Pueblo, Colo. Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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PSPS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 12:08 PM
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TerribleLarryDingle Donating Member (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-02-08 12:09 PM
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