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REPUBLICAN underdog John McCain seemed surprised by the chanting crowd that turned out to see him in chilly Cincinnati.
Midway through his boisterous rally, Senator McCain stopped to say: "What a crowd. What enthusiasm.
"Is there any doubt we're going to win this election, my friends? This is wonderful."
With 12 days to go, almost all opinion polls show Senator McCain's opponent, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, ahead by an average of seven points.
But one new poll broke ranks yesterday to hint at a narrowing of the race in the final stretch.
The Associated Press-GfK poll found Senator Obama leading by just one percentage point, on 44 per cent support.
Three weeks ago, the AP-GfK survey put him eight points in the lead.
With the drawcard of two popular Republican women - his running-mate, Sarah Palin, and country music star Gretchen Wilson, who sang Redneck Woman -- more than 12,000 people filled an airport hangar in Ohio's most conservative city.
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Mrs Palin warmed the crowd up, thanking southwest Ohio for its welcome.
She said flying into Cincinnati, she had been amazed to look down and "see my face ploughed into a cornfield".
She said flying into Cincinnati, she had been amazed to look down and "see my face ploughed into a cornfield".
Republican-leaning Ohio is a bellwether for the election, and this year it has become vulnerable to the Democrats. Senator Obama is marginally ahead in the state, and Senator McCain cannot win the White House if he loses Ohio.
As the crowd chanted "Sarah, Sarah" and "Mac is Back", they also booed whenever Senator Obama's name was mentioned.
As the crowd chanted "Sarah, Sarah" and "Mac is Back", they also booed whenever Senator Obama's name was mentioned.
Some at the rally brought along photocopied home-made pamphlets with a picture of Uncle Sam that read "I want you - to keep Islam out of the White House".
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Julie and George Thomas came along to the rally with five-year-old daughter Emily, who has cerebral palsy.
They said it was a bonus to see Mrs Palin, whose son, Trig, has Down syndrome and is also a special needs child.
Mr Thomas said he had considered bringing along a home-made sign reading "No More Mr Nice Guy" to urge Senator McCain to start taking the fight up to Senator Obama.
"I like the fact he's a true American hero," he said of Senator McCain, adding he had very "serious, serious concerns" about Senator Obama.
"Trust. Lack of being forthcoming on his past, lack of releasing information about the past," he said, citing Senator Obama's past associations with 1960s radical Bill Ayers and his former firebrand pastor, the Rev Jeremiah Wright.
George Hillis, 72, said he would never vote for Senator Obama because he was a "liar" and "has an extensive radical background associating with people who are not the type of people we want running the country".
Mr Hillis said he believed Senator McCain would win the election, despite what the polls said, because the silent majority of voters had started grumbling.
"We're starting to talk. We don't waste our breath until the election comes, but there's a movement going on now," he said.
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Julie and George Thomas came along to the rally with five-year-old daughter Emily, who has cerebral palsy.
They said it was a bonus to see Mrs Palin, whose son, Trig, has Down syndrome and is also a special needs child.
Mr Thomas said he had considered bringing along a home-made sign reading "No More Mr Nice Guy" to urge Senator McCain to start taking the fight up to Senator Obama.
"I like the fact he's a true American hero," he said of Senator McCain, adding he had very "serious, serious concerns" about Senator Obama.
"Trust. Lack of being forthcoming on his past, lack of releasing information about the past," he said, citing Senator Obama's past associations with 1960s radical Bill Ayers and his former firebrand pastor, the Rev Jeremiah Wright.
George Hillis, 72, said he would never vote for Senator Obama because he was a "liar" and "has an extensive radical background associating with people who are not the type of people we want running the country".
Mr Hillis said he believed Senator McCain would win the election, despite what the polls said, because the silent majority of voters had started grumbling.
"We're starting to talk. We don't waste our breath until the election comes, but there's a movement going on now," he said.
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