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>> I HAVE JUST ONE WORD FOR
YOU, FLORIDA, TOMORROW.
>> WITH THIS KIND OF
ENTHUSIASM, THIS KIND OF
INTENSITY, WE WILL WIN FLORIDA
AND WE WILL WIN THE STATE.
>> IT'S BEEN A LONG TWO
YEARS, A GRIEWLG SCHEDULE AND
NEARLY 2000 CAMPAIGN EVENTS
BETWEEN THE TWO.
NOW IT'S A SPRINT TO THE FINISH
FOR BARACK OBAMA AND JOHN
McCAIN.
BOTH CANDIDATES HELD RALLIES IN
FLORIDA TODAY JUST WITHIN THE
PAST FEW HOURS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M VANESSA
ECHOLS.
>> I'M BARBARA WEST.
IT'S LAST DAY BEFORE THE
HISTORIC ELECTION AND BOTH
CANDIDATES ARE MAKING THEIR
CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN A LONG
LIST OF BATTLEGROUND STATES
INCLUDING FLORIDA.
CHANNEL 9'S BERNDT PETERSEN
ATTENDED A RALLY FOR JOHN
McCAIN THIS MORNING.
BERNDT, BOTH CAMPAIGNS ARE
FIGHTING HARD TO WIN OVER THE
FLORIDA VOTERS STILL UNDECIDED.
>> Reporter: YOU BET, BARBARA.
THERE IS STILL A HIGH
PERCENTAGE OF UNDECIDED VOTERS.
OUTSIDE THIS BIG FOOTBALL
STADIUM, IT WAS A SMALL BUT
STILL ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD FOR
JOHN McCAIN.
MOST OF THEM GETTING IN LINE IN
THE DARK BEFOR 6:00 A.M.
SUPPORTERS SAY THEIR CHOICE FOR
PRESIDENT IS SIMPLE.
THEY TRUST JOHN McCAIN.
>> I JUST THINK HE'S AN HONEST
PERSON WHO FOUGHT FOR OUR
COUNTRY AND I BELIEVE HE IS FOR
THE BETTER WELFARE OF US.
>> Reporter: THE POLLS MAY PUT
McCAIN BEHIND IN FLORIDA BUT
HE PLANS TO GO OUT SWINGING.
>> WE NEVER GIVE UP.
WE NEVER QUIT.
WE NEVER HIDE FROM HISTORY.
WE MAKE HISTORY.
>> Reporter: THE SPEECH WAS
JUST 14 MINUTES AND HE USED A
HEALTHY CHUNK OF IT TO
CRITICIZE BARACK OBAMA'S TAX
PLAN AND HIS COMMENT ABOUT
SPREADING THE WEALTH AROUND.
>> SENATOR OBAMA IS RUNNING TO
PUNISH THE SUCCESSFUL.
I'M RUNNING TO MAKE EVERYONE
SUCCESSFUL.
>> Reporter: WHILE OBAMA SEEMS
TO BE MORE POPULAR WITH YOUNGER
VOTERS, SOME COLLEGE STUDENTS
ABOUT TO CAST A BALLOT FOR THE
FIRST TIME SAY THEY ARE NOT
FOLLOWING THE I THINK MOST PEO
COLLEGE MAY SUPPORT OBAMA BUT
SOME MAY GO ALONG WITH IT
BECAUSE IT'S THE COOL THING TO
DO BUT I KNOW I AM VOTING FOR
McCAIN BECAUSE HE IS THE TRUE
AMERICAN HERO.
>> Reporter: THE ARIZONA
SENATOR WILL NEED THAT VOTE IF
HE IS TO TAKE THE WHITE
HOUSE, HE ALMOST CERTAINLY MUST
WIN THE SUNSHINE STATE.
>> WITH THIS KIND OF
ENTHUSIASM, THIS KIND OF
INTENSITY, WE WILL WIN FLORIDA
AND WE WILL WIN THE STATE
TOMORROW.
>> Reporter: OBVIOUSLY THIS
TURNOUT DIDN'T COME CLOSE TO
THE TENS OF THOUSANDS THAT
SENATOR OBAMA OR GOVERNOR PALIN
GOT WHEN THEY CAMPAIGNED IN
CENTRAL FLORIDA RECENTLY.
IT DIDN'T APPEAR THAT THE
McCAIN CAMPAIGN PLANNED FOR ANY
MORE THAN THE 1100 OR SO THAT
TURNED OUT TODAY AND PERHAPS