Presidential Race

John McCain is the projected winner of Arizona's 10 electoral votes, according to the television networks. His opponent, however, reached the necessary 270 at roughly the same time.

With nearly 80 percent of precincts reporting, the senior Senator was leading the vote count in his home state with 54 percent, compared to 45 percent for Barack Obama.

Andy Harris

SALISBURY -- With just hours until Election Day, Republican Andy Harris is spending the little time he has left campaigning to get out the vote.

Harris spent Monday phone banking and waving signs throughout the district. He said he made roughly 100 phone calls and was flattered when people asked, "Is this really you?"

However, the process does have its low points. "Sometimes I think they think it's a robocall and they hang up," Harris told PolitickerMD.com at the Salisbury state GOP HQ.  

Former President Bill Clinton will return to the Keystone State Wednesday with a three-stop tour across western and central Pennsylvania.

Clinton, who won Pennsylvania twice while running for president, will campaign in Washington County, Harrisburg and State College, according to the campaign for Barack Obama. 

His visit is hardly a surprise considering the state's importance on Election Day, particularly to John McCain as he tries to win at least one state that voted Democrat in 2004. Clinton's visit follows a campaign stops in Pittsburgh and Chester from the Democratic presidential nominee himself.

The state still appears firmly in Democratic control -- Obama is up here by an average of 10.8 points in the polls, according to Real Clear Politics.

NASHUA, N.H. -- The first New Hampshire poll since the two national political conventions shows Barack Obama leading John McCain outside of the margin of error. The CNN/Time Magazine poll gave Obama a 51 percent to 45 percent lead. The poll had a margin of error of +/- 3 percent. This poll may be evidence that the Granite State is bucking the national trend this week of higher numbers for McCain since Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's speech a week ago.

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Gov. Ed Rendell Monday blasted the GOP and Republican presidential nominee John McCain for what he says is their "dishonorable" attempt to mislead the American public about Barack Obama's tax plan. "The entire Republican National Convention, virtually every speaker lied about Senator Obama's tax plan," said Rendell, speaking on a conference call to reporters. "Their TV ads continue to lie. ... It's the big lie strategy," he continued. "Say if often enough and it will stick."

Below is a video of U.S. Sen. Barack apparently mispronouncing the name of the Penn State's mascot, calling it a "Nitally Lion."

Penn State's mascot is the "Nittany Lion."

The state GOP was grinning with glee after the campaign for John McCain distributed the video to reporters. 

Said spokesman Mike Barley, "It's further proof that he doesn't understand Pennsylvania." 

A meeting between one of John McCain's top surrogates and some of Hillary's Clinton's strongest supporters, including family members, in northeast Pennsylvania is sparking buzz that Barack Obama won't receive their support in November, The Times-Tribune reports.

McCain adviser Carly Fiorina, who was on a two-day bus trip across the state, met at the home of Jamie Brazil, a former Clinton supporter turned McCain staffer. They were joined by Clinton's younger brother Tony Rodham, Clinton's former NEPA campaign coordinator Kathleen Granahan Kane, and the sister of the Scranton mayor, Virginia McGregor, the paper reports.

Clinton, who spent time in Scranton as a child, defeated Obama in the region by a 3-to-1 margin.

Washington's superdelegate count stands at five for Obama, five for Clinton and seven undecided. State Republican deciders may know something the Democrats don't know, since they've been campaigning against Obama, without a single mention on Clinton in recent letters. The Republican decidee is coming to town, and you can meet him for dinner for only $33,100.