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October 21, 2008

Obama, McCain Campaign in Key States
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With two weeks left before the election, both candidates are
highlighting policy differences 
US presidential candidates Barack Obama in Fayetteville, N.C. and John
Mc Cain in Toledo, Ohio, 19 Oct 2008Presidential candidates Barack Obama
and John Mc Cain are campaigning in key states Tuesday, two weeks before
the election. Mc Cain,
a Republican senator, has events in Pennsylvania, while Obama, a
Democratic senator, campaigns in Florida. Hillary Clinton, who was once
a rival for the Democratic nomination, campaigns for Obama Tuesday in
Minnesota. In other news, an aide to Obama says the Illinois
lawmaker will leave the campaign trail this week and travel to Hawaii
to visit his grandmother, who is gravely ill. The campaign says Obama
is canceling events Thursday and Friday to be with 86-year-old Madelyn
Dunham, who helped raise him. Obama campaigned Monday in
Florida, a populous state in the southeastern U.S. that would give
either candidate a significant push toward the White House. On Monday
evening, he and Clinton appeared together in Orlando. The pair
urged supporters to vote and cautioned against overconfidence. Most
public opinion surveys show Obama leading Mc Cain by about five
percentage points. Obama criticized Mc Cain's campaign tactics,
accusing him of resorting to personal character attacks. Mc Cain
campaigned Monday in the closely contested state of Missouri. His vice
presidential pick, Sarah Palin, held a rally in the western state of
Colorado. Both Republicans emphasized their aims to cut business
and capital gains taxes, help keep Americans in their homes and
safeguard retirees' investments. 


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