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McCain considering new economic plan

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-10-13 09:25

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Ohio with its 20 Electoral College votes is a main battleground of the campaign. It was the state that put President George W. Bush over the top in 2004 and no Republican has won the White House without taking Ohio.

Recent polls show a statistical dead heat in the state with Obama slightly ahead.

McCain too planned a rally in a crucial state on Monday. The Arizona senator will hold a rally with his vice presidential running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

With 13 electoral votes, Virginia has not gone Democratic since 1964 but recent polls show Obama opening up a lead there.

McCain told cheering volunteers at his main Virginia office that he would be campaigning especially hard in Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Colorado and Nevada in the final stretch of the race after Wednesday's debate.

"...After I whip his you-know-what in this debate, we're going to be going out 24/7," he said.

But McCain, who had escalated character attacks on Obama then last week sought to rein in rising hostility among his supporters toward his rival, added: "I want to emphasize again. I respect Sen. Obama. We will conduct a respectful race, and we will make sure that everybody else does too and that's important."

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