ELECTION 2008

ELECTION 2008

In the final stretches of their campaigns, Senators Barack Obama and John McCain visited several hotly-contested states. (Left, Doug Mills/NYT; right, Stephen Crowley/NYT)

In last days, Obama and McCain focus on swing states

On the last Sunday before the election, the presidential candidates and their running mates kept up a relentless pace by visiting states their respective parties had lost in 2004.

Senator John McCain, the Republican nominee who is trailing in national polls, was making appearances in two states that voted Democratic in 2004, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, where he will hold his final town hall. On Monday, he will visit five swing states — starting with a midnight rally in Florida then Virginia, Indiana, New Mexico and Nevada — along with a stop in Tennessee before flying home to Arizona for Election Day.

"Now let me give you a little straight talk about the state of the race today," McCain said hoarsely at a morning rally at Strath Haven High School in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. "There's just two days left. We're a couple of points behind in Pennsylvania. The pundits have written us off, just like they've done before."

Then his voice cleared: "My friends, the Mac is back!"

Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, spent Sunday speaking at rallies in the largest cities in the hotly contested state of Ohio, with Bruce Springsteen taking the stage Sunday evening in Cleveland to warm up the crowd. On Monday, he will visit three states that voted Republican in 2004, Florida, North Carolina and Virginia, before heading home to Chicago. Read more.

GOT MY SSN TODAY

We were out the whole day to do our first of the month and my husband just decided to stay home, so I went with my in laws. We use to do our grocery shopping every first of the month. It's tiring but at least we only have to do it once a month. When we got home, my husband told me that I got mail. I said, what is it, well, he won't tell me about the mail and just said it's in our room, so then I went to our room and checked.. Wow, as I opened it, it's my Social Security Number. I'm surprised because when we applied for it, they told us to wait for 2 weeks and it came so early but I'm happy though. Well, another thing is done today. How was your day guys, I hope you had a good one.

IT'S SUNDAY

For the past few days, we have been busy but today we got the chance to sit back and relax. My husband and I was able to spend more time with each other without pressure and do some things that needed to be done. It's been a week since our wedding and it's been great. We love to be with each other. Do things together. I love my husband so much. His my life and everything to me. We also went to the church today and we always thank God that we found each other. Our day just went fine although he got headache but I'm here now to take good care of him. I hope you guys had a great day today.. God Bless.