Washington, Nov 4: On the eve of the US presidential poll, Democratic US Senator Hillary Clinton reportedly urged her supporters to “make history” by voting for Barack Obama, her onetime bitter rival for her party’s presidential nomination.
“Tomorrow we have the opportunity to make history. Tomorrow we can elect Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Democrats up and down the ticket. Together, we can begin putting this country on the right track,” The News quoted Hillary as saying in a mass e-mail sent to her supporters.
Chicago - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama may have been raised largely by his white grandparents in distant Hawaii, but when he wanted to connect with his community as a black man he came to Chicago.
Now with the White House in reach, Obama is returning to Chicago on Tuesday to mark election day in the city where his rise to prominence began. City officials expect up to a million people could gather in Grant Park to watch election results and hear from Obama after votes are tabulated in his race against Republican John McCain.
Though polls show the Democrat ahead, McCain's down-to-the-wire campaigning has taken aim to key swing states that could push him over the top in the state-by-state winner-takes-all electoral college.
Washington - In a departure from 40 years of Republican loyalty, 21 voters in remote northern New Hampshire gave a resounding yes to Democrat Barack Obama early Tuesday.
With 15 votes for Obama and six for McCain reported by broadcasters, the opening of the Dixville Notch polling station Tuesday just after midnight marked the opening of US elections that could put produce the first-ever African-American president.
Washington, Nov 4: Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, who is said to be comfortably leading against his Republican rival John McCain in today’s presidential poll, is the favourite among the British bookies too.
This assumes significance as past records show that gamblers had been “more accurate” than pollsters.
According to the Daily Times, placing bets on the outcome of US presidential elections is though barred under the US laws, but British bookmaker Betfair has made Barack Obama an overwhelming 1-7 favourite.
Washington, Nov 4: On the eve of the US presidential poll, Democratic US Senator Hillary Clinton reportedly urged her supporters to “make history” by voting for Barack Obama, her onetime bitter rival for her party’s presidential nomination.
Washington - In a departure from 40 years of Republican loyalty, 21 voters in remote northern New Hampshire gave a resounding yes to Democrat Barack Obama early Tuesday.
Washington, Nov 4: Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, who is said to be comfortably leading against his Republican rival John McCain in today’s presidential poll, is the favourite among the British bookies too.
