Daily Digest

McCain Set to End Campaign as

Overwhelming Underdog (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg - Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) – Republican
presidential candidate John McCain goes into the cam-
paign’s final weekend a bigger underdog than any vic-
torious candidate in a modern election.

Will the next president have a mandate

to govern? (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.
On Election Day, voter turnout will decide not only
whether Barack Obama or John McCain becomes the
next president, but also how much of a mandate the
winner can claim.

McCain set for comedy show

appearance: campaign (AFP)
AFP - John McCain will show voters his funny side
with an appearance on hit US comedy show Saturday
Night Live just three days before the presidential elec-
tion, his campaign confirmed Friday.

McCain, Obama battle into last

weekend (Reuters)
Reuters - Republican presidential nominee John Mc-
Cain on Friday campaigned across Ohio, a state that is
critical to his hopes of clawing back Democrat Barack
Obama’s lead going into Tuesday’s election.

AP poll: 1 in 7 voters still persuadable

(AP)
AP - Elizabeth Johnson likes John McCain except
for a couple of not-so-little things she can’t ignore: She
wants the Iraq war to end and she’s not a fan of Sarah
Palin, his running mate. Chalk her up as leaning Mc-
Cain, but not solidly.