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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: average joe who wrote (54179)	11/2/2008 8:40:32 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224718

McCain, Obama Camps Look to Maximize Turnout November 2, 2008 With just 48 hours to go before Election Day, both camps for John McCain and Barack Obama are predicting victory but also positioning themselves for a long night on Tuesday by noting the polls are tight and potentially fraudulent voter registration will be closely monitored. The latest Investor's Business Daily-TechnoMetrica poll out Sunday showed the race with just a 2-point spread, with Obama at 46.7 percent, McCain with 44.6 percent and 8.7 percent of the 844 likely voters still undecided. McCain's team points to several other polls showing the race tightening as the nation comes into the home stretch this election season. Campaign manager Rick Davis told "FOX News Sunday" not to discount McCain, who was the underdog in the primaries and came roaring back. He and other McCain surrogates predicted the same will happen on Tuesday. "Look, this election is moving very quickly. There is no doubt that John McCain is increasing his margins in almost every state in the country right now. And I think that what we're in for is a slam-bang finish. I mean, it's going to be wild. I think that we are able to close this campaign," Davis said. "John's a closer, he always has been," former McCain rival and Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "He's been given up for dead -- literally and politically. People have been wrong about him before. He's in his element now. And he's feeling good about it. So I would not count him out in any stretch of the imagination. I think the election is yet to be decided." "The bottom line is every legitimate poll has John McCain on the uptick. It has Barack Obama on the downtick." As for the Obama camp, chief strategist David Axelrod told ABC's "This Week" that the McCain camp is deluding itself into thinking he can stage an historic comeback. Campaign manager David Plouffe said the Obama team expects at least 130 million voters this election, particularly from states where Democratic registration has increased this year. Plouffe added that Obama is not running a national campaign, he's focused only on 16 states. Both sides are also talking about criticism about the voter registration process and how so many millions more people are on the rolls. Plouffe said that any fraud would be investigated, but obvious fraudulent registrants won't make it into the booth. "These people aren't going to vote on Election Day" he said. But Davis said if there is anything to be concerned about on Election Day, "it's the manipulation of these voter rolls before the election that's caused so many problems." FOX News' Shannon Bream contributed to this report.