One month out: pressure on McCain, Obama leads in polls
One month before Election Day, Sen. Barack Obama sits atop battleground polls in a shrinking playing field, the economic crisis is breaking his way and he has made progress toward winning the White House.
The pressure is on Republican Sen. John McCain to turn the race around under exceptionally challenging circumstances – and his options are limited.
One month before Election Day, Sen. Barack Obama sits atop battleground polls in a shrinking playing field, the economic crisis is breaking his way and he has made progress toward winning the White House.
The pressure is on Republican Sen. John McCain to turn the race around under exceptionally challenging circumstances – and his options are limited.
McCain’s advisers say the Arizona senator will ramp up his attacks in the coming days with a tougher, more focused message describing Obama and questioning his character, “liberal” record and “too risky” proposals in advertising and appearances.
Obama’s advisers, in turn, say he will argue McCain is unable to articulate an economic vision that’s different from President Bush’s. In a new push, the Illinois senator is calling McCain’s health care plan “radical.”
Brief by The Associated Press
