US Politics / Ari Last / 31 October 2008 /

It's the final Friday of the US Presidential Election race and we take a look at some of the campaign stories making the news...

McCain makes late donation plea

Struggling Republican candidate John McCain made an impassioned plea to his supporters yesterday, asking them via email to hastily inject extra funds into his campaign coffers .

Barack Obama's superior war chest has been a key subplot of the election race, and after witnessing the prime time television ads broadcast by his rival the other night, McCain has made a last ditch appeal to secure the money necessary to launch a strong final push.
Should Obama go on to claim the Presidency next Tuesday, the issue of his outrageously superior spending power will rumble on. Reports claim that by the end of the race, the Democrat would have spent around $500 million dollars on his efforts to secure the Oval Office as his new place of work. That figure is more than double the amount spent by his opponent, which begs the question of can this election really be described as a fair fight?

Obama brings out the big guns as Clinton enters the fray

The well oiled Democratic campaign machine moved up another gear yesterday when Bill Clinton joined Barack Obama on stage in Florida. It was the first time the two had been seen together throughout the last few months and the sight had most Democratic supporters in raptures.

Clinton, despite his well documented travails while in office, remains a hugely popular figure in the United States and the revelation that Obama has already sought his advice on key economic issues would certainly have gone down well with the masses.

When it comes to the U.S. election campaigns, nothing is left to chance, every one of the candidates' movements and acts are meticulously planned and strategized .

The last few days have seen Barack Obama first dominate the airwaves and then appear hand in hand with a legend amongst Democrats in a bid to make it impossible for him to be ignored, and to the dismay of John McCain, it appears to have worked.

Obama delights as American's look to get their vote in early

Reports from the States show that almost a third of the electorate will vote before Election Day itself, allowing Barack Obama to capitalize on his superior standing in the polls, and reducing the time left for John McCain to claw voter sentiment back in his favour.

17 million Americans have already cast their vote with 59% of them believed to have opted for the Democrat which can be reflected on the Betfair markets which currently have Obama to win the Election at odds as short as [1.14].

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