Election 2008: Obama/McCain bid most historical?

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By Jeffrey Jolson

HOLLYWOOD, CA (Hollywood Today) 11/04/08 — With nasty TV commercials at the last minute and 11th hour state-trekking, Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain started their longest day, destined to make history.
Obama is leading in the polls by 5-11 percent, but McCain is pulling for an underdog win, which he has done almost as many times as Brett Favre. The Fat Lady has yet to sing, so get out there and vote, whomever you prefer.
Today is the day, yet voters are already lining up for the big day – and for the last week in pre-voting. Sentiments over issues from the war and economy to abortion and ecology have been as running as high as any election day in history. Many Americans are clearly angry, broke and passionate about this year which will either see the first African-American or first female voted into office on a major ticket as President or VP.
Running mate Gov. Sarah Palin has been a mixed blessing for McCain, as Obama’s past ties to church officials have been to the Dem candidate.
While rallies across America saw tens of thousands, New Hampshire, whose tiny town of Dixville Notch has had 100% turnout since opening at midnight EST, showed Obama winning 15 votes to six. It is the town’s first Democratic win since the Kennedy era.
However, all attention turns to key states such as Ohio, Florida and Pennsylvania where Obama and McCain have putting out the proverbial blood, sweat and tears to win. Barack Obama actually teared up in speaking of his grandmother Madelyn Dunham, who partially raised him and just died at 86, in speaking of her cancer-related passing.
Meanwhile, McCain brought up the American Civil War, not a bright moment in US history, in his rally in the South, and promised supporters in North Carolina where that war began, that he and his running-mate Sarah Palin would “change things in Washington”.
McCain, 72, also visited Tampa, Florida where he said “Senator Obama is running to spread the wealth I’m running to create more wealth.”
Mr Obama, 47, spent Monday targeting states that four years ago voted Republican but where he now has a chance of winning, including Virginia and North Carolina, which have not backed a Democratic hopeful in decades.
Some 130 million Americans are expected to vote, in a higher turnout than in any election since 1960, the BBC’s North America editor Justin Webb says.
A record 27 million people had already cast absentee or early ballots as of Saturday night.
Under America’s Electoral College system, states are apportioned votes based on their population, the biggest being California with 55 votes.
A candidate needs to gain 270 out of the 538 Electoral College votes to win the presidency.
A bigger milestone will be reached if Obama is elected. As the first black president, race issues in the U.S. may become a little muted. Persons thinking they cannot get something because of their color need only look at the Oval Office to see the rusty American Dream remains true – anyone good can become President.