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October 13, 2008

Obama to Outline Economic Plan in 'Major' Address
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama seeks to extend his lead
in national polls over Republican candidate John Mc Cain 
Barack Obama Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he will
announce a plan to help Americans in the economic crisis Monday, as he
seeks to extend his lead in national polls over Republican candidate
John Mc Cain. A campaign statement says Senator Obama will release a
plan for middle-class Americans in Toledo Ohio, a critical battleground
state. The campaign did not provide details. Two new opinion polls (one
by Reuters, C-Span and Zogby, and the other by Rasmussen Reports)
indicate Obama has a six-point lead over Senator Mc Cain, with concerns
about the U.S. economy dominating the campaign three weeks before the
election. Mc Cain has vowed a comeback, promising to "whip" Obama in
their last televised debate Wednesday. The Republican candidate is
intensifying his efforts in key battleground states, with planned
campaign appearances today in Virginia and North Carolina. Obama went
door-to-door Sunday in the working-class Ohio town of Holland to talk
with residents about the economy. Republican vice presidential candidate
Sarah Palin also campaigned Sunday in Ohio, where she said small-town
USA understands the value of neighbors and hard work. She accused Obama
of not paying attention to such voters. Democratic vice presidential
candidate Joe Biden gave a speech Sunday on domestic issues in the
Delaware senator's birthplace of Scranton, Pennsylvania, asserting that
an Obama-Biden White House would protect jobs and access to health care.
Biden was joined by former President Bill Clinton and current New York
Senator Hillary Clinton, in the first joint campaign appearance by the
couple to help boost support for Obama.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.


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