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Aide: Mac 'Greatest Closer of All Time'

Davis predicts McCain surprise win

By Drew Nelles, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 2, 2008 1:41 PM CST

(Newser) – McCain campaign manager Rick Davis told Fox News Sunday that the Republicans will seize Pennsylvania and the Southwestern states for a come-from-behind finish on Tuesday, the Hill reports. “John McCain may be the greatest closer politician of all time,” he said. Other highlights from the talk shows:

An anti-Obama statement from Hillary Clinton dating back to the Democratic primary races is now being used in GOP robo-calls, CNN’s Late Edition reports. Clinton says: “Sen. McCain will bring a lifetime of experience to the campaign, and Sen. Obama will bring a speech he gave in 2002,” Politico reports.

Republican Senatorial Committee chair John Ensign told Face The Nation that the financial crisis was a “body blow” to GOP chances on Tuesday, the Hill reports. “Unfortunately, it was allowed to be portrayed that this was a result of deregulation, when in fact it was a result of overregulation,” he said.
Washington Post columnist David Broder told Meet The Press that the selection of Sarah Palin as a running mate will damage the GOP in the Philadelphia suburbs, weakening Republican odds in Pennsylvania, Politico reports.
Obama strategist David Axelrod dodged questions from This Week’s George Stephanopoulos about the possibility of hiring ex-lobbyists in a Democratic White House, Politico reports.

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David Axelrod, chief campaign strategist for Barack Obama, neither confirmed nor denied that he might take a position in a Democratic administration. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

In this Sept. 4, 2008 file photo, John McCain with his campaign chairman Rick Davis, left, during a walk through at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., speaks at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

Rick Davis, campaign manager to Republican presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., predicted a GOP resurgence on Tuesday in key states. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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I think that we are able to close this campaign. John McCain may be the greatest closer politician of all time. - McCain campaign manager Rick Davis

If Joe [Lieberman] wants to leave the Democrat Party and join us, we’ll welcome him with open arms. - National Republican Senatorial Committee chairman John Ensign

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Aide: Mac 'Greatest Closer of All Time'