Did McCain-Palin peak too early? Read:
For Britt Hatch, a volunteer for the Obama campaign in New Hampshire, the past two weeks of the US presidential race have come as an unwelcome surprise.
“I had become complacent,” she said. “I thought the election was in the bag. Then, all of a sudden, we’ve got this big fight on our hands.”
Her anxiety was widely shared among the 8,000 people that turned up to see Barack Obama in Manchester over the weekend, amid mounting Democratic jitters about declining poll numbers and escalating Republican attacks.
The celebratory atmosphere of past Obama rallies was replaced by a defiant mood as the candidate and his supporters tried to reassure each other that the election could and would still be won.
Great. If McCain goes bust, the next Republican candidate might not pick his Veep until two weeks before election day. How’s that for an October Surprise?
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