Opinion: Obama Looks Solid As Election Nears

The 2008 Presidential race is entering its final throws with a mere eight days remaining. Polls continue to show Sen. Barack Obama (D., Ill.) in the lead over his opponent Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) by five points and most swing states favor Obama including Colorado, New Mexico, Ohio, and Virginia.

At a rally Monday in Canton, Ohio, Obama made his closing argument to voters. "In one week, you can turn the page on policies that have put the greed and irresponsibility of Wall Street before the hard work and sacrifice of folks on Main Street."

Obama is spending much of his time on the campaign trail emphasizing that he plans to offer a middle class tax cut, while allowing taxes on those earning over $250,000 to return to levels under President Bill Clinton. Obama's camp says 95% of all Americans would receive tax relief under his plans.

Obama also continues to lash out at McCain for favoring corporations and wealthy Americans and painting McCain as a Bush crony:

"And now, after twenty-one months and three debates, Senator McCain still has not been able to tell the American people a single major thing he'd do differently from George Bush when it comes to the economy. Senator McCain says that we can't spend the next four years waiting for our luck to change, but you understand that the biggest gamble we can take is embracing the same old Bush-McCain policies that have failed us for the last eight years."

Obama is also criticizing McCain for focusing on dividing Americans, rather than offering solutions to problems, saying that "in one week, you can put an end to the politics that would divide a nation just to win an election; that tries to pit region against region, city against town, Republican against Democrat."