All Blog Posts from From The Road

From CBS News' John Bentley:

(ABOARD STRAIGHT TALK AIR) – On the final flight of John McCain’s campaign plane, McCain did something he has only done twice since he started flying on it last summer – he came back and talked to the press.

“We’ve spent a lot of time together, some have been together for almost two years,’ he said. “We’ve had a great time.”

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From CBS News' John Bentley:

(GRAND JUNCTION, COLO.) – At the last rally of his presidential campaign, John McCain said he could feel the momentum shifting in his direction in Colorado, but that his supporters still needed to help get out the vote.

“We’re going to win it right here in the state of Colorado,” McCain said. “Get your neighbors to the polls – drag them there if you need to.”

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From CBS News' John Bentley:

(GRAND JUNCTION, COLO.) – At the last rally of his presidential campaign, John McCain said he could feel the momentum shifting in his direction in Colorado, but that his supporters still needed to help get out the vote.

“We’re going to win it right here in the state of Colorado,” McCain said. “Get your neighbors to the polls – drag them there if you need to.”

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From CBS News' John Bentley:

(PHOENIX) – John McCain has always had superstitions about Election Day. He likes to go see a movie, because, he has said, he doesn’t think he can do much more campaigning than he’s already done.

He also doesn’t like to campaign on Election Day, a holdover from an earlier era of politics when politicians seldom held any events on the day voters went to the polls.

McCain will break both of those self-imposed rules today.

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From CBS News’ John Bentley:


(PRESCOTT, ARIZ.) – Her voice cracking with emotion, the normally calm and collected Cindy McCain had a hard time introducing her husband at their final rally of the day here.

“I am so proud to introduce to you tonight, my husband John McCain,” she said, fighting back tears.

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From CBS News' John Bentley:

(MOON TOWNSHIP, PA.) – Eight hours in to his 20-hour day on the campaign trail, a confident John McCain has already predicted victories in the battleground states of Florida and Pennsylvania, even though the polls in both of those states are leaning towards Barack Obama.

“We’re going to win Pennsylvania tomorrow and I’m going to be the President of the United States,” McCain said. “Pennsylvania will do it, and Pittsburgh will be the important area.”

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From CBS News’ John Bentley:


(MIAMI) – Seven rallies in seven states. That’s the plan for John McCain today as he tries to cover as much ground as possible in the final 24 hours before Election Day, kicking it off with a Florida rally in Tampa. That’s followed by trips to Blountville, Tennessee (conveniently sandwiched between the two battleground states of North Carolina and Virginia), Moon Township, Pennsylvania (outside Pittsburgh), Indianapolis, Roswell, New Mexico, Henderson, Nevada, and a final stop in the place where he has traditionally held his last political event of his campaigns, Prescott, Arizona.

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From CBS News’ John Bentley:


(PETERBOROUGH, N.H.) – John McCain has held over a hundred town halls during this election season, and he widely credits them for keeping his campaign afloat during the primaries. Tonight he held his final town hall meeting of the campaign, where the first question was about the integrity of Election Day on Tuesday.

“I’m concerned about many of the allegations that we are hearing through the media, particularly in some of the battleground states. And the activities, quite frankly, of ACORN and other organizations,” McCain said.

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From CBS News' John Bentley:

(WALLINGFORD, PA.) - At the kickoff event for his two-day whirlwind tour before Election Day, John McCain expressed confidence in winning Pennsylvania.

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From CBS News’ John Bentley:


(NEW YORK) – John McCain kicks off the last 48 hours of campaigning by planning to hit eight states in a two-day whirlwind tour before the polls open Tuesday morning. He’ll make two stops in Pennsylvania and hold a town hall in New Hampshire before heading down to Florida for a 12:30am rally at Tropical Park Stadium in Miami.

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