One day to go for presidential candidates

After almost two years on the campaign trail, John McCain and Barack Obama will spend the final full day before Election Day trying to sway the last undecided voters. 

Florida’s 27 electoral votes are a key prize for both candidates. McCain will rally in Tampa Monday morning and Obama in Jacksonville. 

Both candidates campaigned late Sunday. 

It was after midnight Monday morning when John McCain spoke to Miami voters.  “Senator Obama is running to punish the successful. I’m running to make everyone in America successful,“ McCain said. 

He questioned Obama’s readiness.  “I’ve been tested and I’ve passed that test!“ said McCain.  “Senator Obama hasn’t.  He’s been wrong.“
Both candidates are trying to hang on to historically red states such as Florida. 
 
Barack Obama held a late night rally in another red state.  In fact, he spent all of Sunday in battleground Ohio.  He campaigned in Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati.

Obama said John McCain would bring more of the same.

“When it comes to the central issue of this election, the plain truth is that John McCain has stood with this President every step of the way. He has been in the passenger seat.  He hasn’t been a maverick; he has been a sidekick,“ Obama said.

A record number of people in Florida have already voted.  Some stood in line for as long as six hours before early voting ended Sunday.

And while the Sunshine State could once again be the golden ticket, for both campaigns it is just the first stop of the day in what promises to be a busy day of campaigning covering long distances and long hours.

After a rally in Tampa Monday morning, John McCain will make his way to several more battleground states before returning to his home state Arizona. 

Barack Obama will speak in Jacksonville, Florida, early Monday then head to North Carolina and Virginia.  He’ll also spend part of Election Day in Indiana before a rally in Chicago Tuesday night.