Posted on 10/26/2008 2:28:56 PM PDT by Wegotsarah.com
US Republican presidential nominee John McCain says he can guarantee a win in next week's election, but says the result will be very close.
Senator McCain, who has been trailing Democratic rival Barack Obama by more than 10 points in some national and state polls, said his campaign was "doing fine" with the polls nine days away.
"Those polls have consistently shown me much farther behind then we actually are," he said. "We're doing fine.
"We've closed in the last week and if we continue this close in the next week you're going to be up very late on election night.
"I guarantee you that two weeks from now you'll see that this has been a very close race and I guarantee you I'm going to win it."
"We are very competitive in those areas [key states] and we're going to have to just get out our vote and work very hard over the next nine days."
Later Senator McCain addressed a rally at the University of North Iowa on a swing through the midwestern state where Senator Obama enjoys a near 12-point lead according to an average on realclearpolitics.com.
As he is expected to do throughout the remainder of the campaign, Senator McCain relentlessly rammed home his contention that Senator Obama is a closet socialist hellbent on raising taxes on ordinary Americans.
The 72-year-old former Navy pilot also struck a defiant stance as he told supporters he relished the election fight.
"I'm not afraid of the fight - I'm ready for it," he stated.
He also repeated his claim - angrily denied by the Obama camp - that the Democratic nominee had already begun drafting his inauguration speech.
"What America needs now is someone who'll finish the race before starting the victory lap....'
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That’s what I’m talkin about!
I so, so hope McCain knows what he’s talking about. Freepers want him to win even more than he does.
Right now, over at DUmmyland, they’re going, “Diebold! Diebold!”
McCain will win. Obama will cheat.
what was that river where they keep finding Nixon ballot boxes to this day?
He needs to convince voters that a Obama/Reid/Pelosi combination is horrible for America.
Face it, we are not going to win back Congress. However, a trifecta of power is scary.....
Also, hot on Socialism. Is Obama a Marxist???
A river in Chicago. McCain will win. Americans will make sure of it!
Most of those inhabitants think Halliburton makes the voting machines.
Brandon Graham of Michigan guaranteed a win against MSU. How did that turn out (although Brandon has a superb game by sacking lil bro 3 times)?
I just report, you decide. _:)
And we can say: ACORN, ACORN, ACORN!!!!!!
Over at DU, they’re still chanting “IRAN CONTRA”, and don’t even know what it is. - Not so long ago, they were ready to coronate John Edwards.
Right now, over at DUmmyland, they’re going, “Diebold! Diebold!”
Just because I need to laugh a little... feel free to cut and paste a few excerpts if that’s allowed on Free Republic.
I am cautiously optimistic.
Senator McCain needs to repeat this every chance he gets. It helps his base believe.
Let Barry go ahead and plan the victory parade. It makes him look a little too cocky.
I hope so too. I also hope this puts to rest the VERY FOOLISH idea from some here that McCain will win in a landslide.
McCain understands momentum in an election and he has it right now. He knows he will close the gap this next week but it will be close. I believe we are going to be very surprised to see all the undecideds go McCain at the end of the night that will give McCain a bigger win than expected.
We need to work hard this last week and make sure we GO VOTE!
Everything they are doing screams of hubris, The Party, Pelosi and her Agenda, and all the minions in the House and Senate with their hints of who will get what post and the 2nd "Raw Deal".....
Someone talkin' that much smack is setting themselves up for a fall....
Up until recently that has seemed the case. But his performance in the last debate seems to have recharged his batteries for the stretch run.
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