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Candidates cast their votes as polls put Obama ahead of McCain
By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press
Tags: Israel News, U.S. elections 

A confident Barack Obama voted in his home state of Chicago on Tuesday, as polls across the board predicted he will make history by being elected America's first black president. The Democratic candidate's Republican rival John McCain has defiantly promised an underdog upset in the election.

Obama was accompanied at the ballot by his wife Michelle, a strong presence in a marathon two-year campaign, and his two daughters, Malia and Sasha.

Obama arrived at the polling station, pausing to explain the process to his daughters at the booth, and prompting television commentators to joke: "Is he undecided?"
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Obama, 47, who would be the first African American president in U.S.
history if elected, was the strong favorite heading into Tuesday's
vote.

McCain, accompanied by his wife Cindy, cast his ballot at the Albright United Methodist Church in Phoenix, Arizona before preparing to fly to
Colorado and New Mexico, two battleground states he would likely need to score an upset victory. He gave supporters a thumbs-up sign and was in and out of the polling place within minutes.

"I'm very happy with where we are," McCain told ABC television's Good Morning America in an interview hours before polls opened. "We always do best when I'm a bit of an underdog."

"Look, I know I'm still the underdog, I understand that," McCain later said. "You can't imagine the excitement of an individual to be this close to the most important position in the world, and I'll enjoy it, enjoy it. I'll never forget it as long as I live."

Obama and McCain, separated by 25 years and a seemingly unbridgeable political gulf, had agreed on one thing during the longest presidential campaign in U.S. history - their promise to slam the door on the era of George W. Bush.

But they were deeply at odds over how to fix the nation's crumbling economy and end the 5 1/2-year war in Iraq, the issues that sent Bush's job approval rating plummeting to a record low at the end of his 8-year presidency.

Record numbers of Americans were expected at polling stations across the U.S., adding their ballots to 29 million citizens who had already voted in 30 states. The early vote tally suggested an advantage for Obama, with official statistics showing that Democrats voted in larger numbers than Republicans in North Carolina, Colorado, Florida and Iowa. All four states voted for Bush in 2004.

Democrats also anticipated strengthening their majority in the House of Representatives and in the Senate, although Republicans battled to hold their losses to a minimum and a significant number of races were rated as tossups in the campaign's final hours.

"I'm feeling kind of fired up. I'm feeling like I'm ready to go," Obama told nearly 100,000 people gathered for his final rally Monday night in Manassas, Virginia, near the site of the first major battle of the American Civil War that ended slavery.

"At this defining moment in history, Virginia, you can give this country the change it needs," Obama said to voters in a state that has not voted for a Democratic presidential nominee in 44 years. He later flew home to Chicago.

The Illinois senator's final full day of campaigning was bittersweet: he was mourning the loss of his grandmother, Madelyn Payne Dunham, 86, who helped raise him but died of cancer in Hawaii late Sunday and never got to see the results of the historic election.

"She's gone home," Obama said, tears running down both cheeks as tens of thousands of rowdy supporters at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte grew silent as he announced Dunham's death. The family said a private ceremony would be held later.

Obama came up a winner in two small New Hampshire towns, where a tradition of having the first Election Day votes tallied lives on. Obama defeated McCain by a 15-6 vote in Dixville Notch, while Hart's Location reported 17 votes for Obama, 10 for McCain and two for write-in Ron Paul. Bush carried both towns in the last two elections.

McCain, a 72-year-old four-term Arizona senator, ended the contest Monday with a frantic and grueling dash through several traditionally Republican states still not securely in his camp or even leaning to Obama.

McCain stopped in Florida, Virginia, Indiana, New Mexico and Nevada. And he again passed through Pennsylvania, the only state that voted Democratic in 2004 where he still hoped for a win.

He sought to raise fears among Americans that the Democratic nominee was outside the American mainstream, saying Sen. Obama is "in the far left lane."

As he sought to distance himself from the unpopular Bush, McCain stressed he was deeply at odds with White House economic policies while promising to clean house in the capital after years of scandal.

McCain said he sensed an upset in the making even though national and key state polls showing him trailing Obama.

"This momentum, this enthusiasm convinces me we're going to win tomorrow," McCain told a raucous evening rally in Henderson, Nevada.

He closed out the endurance test past midnight at a home-state rally in Prescott, Arizona. Obama ran television commercials in Arizona in the campaign's final days after polls showed the race tightening.

Both candidates were campaigning to the very end. Obama planned a quick campaign stop in Indiana on Election Day before a massive outdoor rally in front of the skyline in his adopted hometown of Chicago. McCain planned events Tuesday in Colorado and New Mexico, then a party at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix.

On election eve, the 47-year-old Obama, a first-term senator from Illinois, was favored to win all the states Democrats captured in 2004, when Bush defeated Democratic Sen. John Kerry. That would give him 251 electoral votes.

He was leading or tied in several states won by Bush, giving him several paths to the 270 vote threshold - such as victories in Ohio or Florida, or in a combination of smaller states.

McCain, meanwhile, must hold as many Bush states as possible while trying to capture a Democratic stronghold, such as Pennsylvania.

While no battleground state was ignored, Virginia and Ohio, where no Republican president has ever lost, seemed most coveted. Together, they account for 33 electoral votes that McCain must win.

Obama sprinted into the lead after economic concerns overwhelmed the war in Iraq, as the primary concern among voters.

Even though Republican experts argued the race was tightening, several polls suggested Obama's lead was growing.

A USA Today/Gallup poll published Monday found likely voters nationwide favoring Obama by 11 points over McCain, 53-42 percent, with a margin of error of 2 percentage points. Other polls showed Obama with a 7 or 8 percentage-point lead.

Polls conducted by Quinnipiac University showed Obama with significant leads in two critical swing states, Ohio and Pennsylvania, and tied with McCain in Florida, where the prize is 27 electoral votes. A win for Obama in any of these three states would be hard for McCain to overcome.

The American presidential election amounts to separate contests in the 50 U.S. states plus Washington, D.C. At stake are 538 electors, with the winning candidate needing to capture at least half plus one. Electors are apportioned to the states roughly according to population.

McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, raced through five states - Ohio, Missouri, Iowa, Colorado and Nevada - in an effort to boost conservative turnout for McCain.

Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, Obama's running mate, campaigned in Missouri, Ohio and held a late night rally in Pennsylvania.

Obama has benefited from an astounding record fundraising effort and capitalized on a U.S. demographic shift as more young and non-white voters enter the electorate.

The Republicans have tried to curtail Obama's surge, dubbing him too inexperienced, too liberal and too tainted by associations with the political left to trust with the presidency. The message appealed to core Republican voters, but appears to have failed to convince a significant number of Democrats and independents.

Despite his lead in the polls, Obama urged his supporters against overconfidence. "Even if it rains tomorrow, you can't let that stop you. You've got to wait in line. You've got to vote, he said."


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      1.   SEE YOU IN WEDNESDAY AT NOON 19:32  |  indrajaya 03/11/08
      2.   sleep for two days indrayaja? 19:44  |  Mark B. 03/11/08
      3.   McCain is Shipping in Actors to Fill the Empty Seats 19:51  |  Dave 03/11/08
      4.   If Americans aren`t stupid, they will vote for Obama, BUT:.... 20:28  |  Swiss (Dino) 03/11/08
      5.   RESPONSE TO #1,2,3 Truth is McCain will win 20:29  |  Kipperraes 03/11/08
      6.   #5 Kiperraes, polls say still different 20:44  |  Mark B. 03/11/08
      7.   Obama is stealing the election! 20:56  |  Ariana 03/11/08
      8.   Who said that Jews are smart? 21:01  |  Gene 03/11/08
      9.   Dont Screw Up 21:15  |  EfromTO 03/11/08
      10.   #7 "mystery donors" 21:21  |  Mystery Donor 03/11/08
      11.   For Ariana # 7 21:27  |  Clickfool 03/11/08
      12.   The untapped power of Black America will be released 21:41  |  Clickfool 03/11/08
      13.   Martin Luther King Jr`s great words 21:44  |  Clickfool 03/11/08
      14.   response to #6 yes polls are showing difference from your thought 21:49  |  Kipperraes 03/11/08
      15.   Furthermore Ariana #7 21:52  |  Derek 03/11/08
      16.   Ariana, we cannot say we haven`t be warned 22:02  |  Moshe Benz 03/11/08
      17.   Gross racism from Moshe Benz 22:14  |  Clickfool 03/11/08
      18.   Bonanza for Kipperraes # 14 22:30  |  Clickfool 03/11/08
      19.   Fl 50% for McCain 49% Obama, OH 49-49 22:45  |  Lynn 03/11/08
      20.   #4 Swiss...no landslide 22:46  |  Lynn 03/11/08
      21.   #12 Clickfool, Amen to that 22:55  |  Mark B. 03/11/08
      22.   # 17 Lynn 22:58  |  Swiss (Dino) 03/11/08
      23.   #3 Dave ...Obama ships in busfulls 23:10  |  Lynn 03/11/08
      24.   Swiss Dino 23:35  |  Philippe 03/11/08
      25.   Swiss et al...Obama`s grandmother has passed away 23:46  |  Lynn 03/11/08
      26.   320 Swiss....it`s those undecided Independents 23:51  |  Lynn 03/11/08
      27.   #19 Mark B....American blacks are already an 01:09  |  Lynn 04/11/08
      28.   #7 Ariana 01:26  |  mike 04/11/08
      29.   Obama 278 - McCain 132 as of 11/03-LANDSLIDE! 01:27  |  K. Rove 04/11/08
      30.   #18 You keep up Lynn 01:31  |  mike 04/11/08
      31.   LYNN and Obama`s BIRTH CERTIFICATE. 01:33  |  K. Rove 04/11/08
      32.   Moshe is round the Benz #16 01:53  |  K.Rove 04/11/08
      33.   For Republicans who can`t count 02:34  |  K. Rove 04/11/08
      34.   LYNN and Obama`s BIRTH CERTIFICATE. 02:35  |  K. Rove 04/11/08
      35.   I hope 02:44  |  American 04/11/08
      36.   #4 (Swiss) Dino 03:26  |  ccb 04/11/08
      37.   To Kipperraes 03:55  |  Persian Kitty 04/11/08
      38.   Response #12, from clickfool, Sussex. 04:46  |  sandra chitayat 04/11/08
      39.   # 25, LYNN 06:57  |  indrajaya 04/11/08
      40.   #Lynn. One more day. 07:54  |  Maureen Ann 04/11/08
      41.   Americans will pay ANY price for a CHANGE..... 08:01  |  Dagma 04/11/08
      42.   ARIANA # 7 - Obama A Questionable man ....... 08:25  |  Dagma 04/11/08
      43.   personally, i am fed up with these elections 08:34  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 04/11/08
      44.   #27 Lynn , all true but statistics are not good 08:42  |  Mark B. 04/11/08
      45.   what will k.rove write when obama is disqualified ? 08:42  |  victor hardman 04/11/08
      46.   NObama 09:47  |  Ralph 04/11/08
      47.   My condolences to Obama for the loss of his grandma...... 09:56  |  Swiss (Dino) 04/11/08
      48.   # 2, MARK B 09:59  |  indrajaya 04/11/08
      49.   # 26 Lynn / # 24 Philippe 10:02  |  Swiss (Dino) 04/11/08
      50.   Not Quite the Dirtiest Campaign Ever 10:07  |  Mark of Lewiston 04/11/08
      51.   #48 Indrajaya 10:13  |  Daniela 04/11/08
      52.   # 36 ccb 10:17  |  Swiss (Dino) 04/11/08
      53.   17 Clickfool - Finian & Kenyan 10:19  |  Mark of Lewiston 04/11/08
      54.   #47 Dino, I second that 10:24  |  Mark B. 04/11/08
      55.   Every Jew that votes as Hamas,Farrakhan,Fatah,AlQuaida,the warrio 10:25  |  John 04/11/08
      56.   47 Dino - An Interesting Woman 10:28  |  Mark of Lewiston 04/11/08
      57.   #50 Mark of Lewiston, euh... 10:32  |  Mark B. 04/11/08
      58.   Sleepless in New York: Go, Team Obama-Biden 10:43  |  Leeza Cohen Coleman 04/11/08
      59.   victor hardman-I`ll make you a promise #45 10:46  |  K. Rove 04/11/08
      60.   #30 mike -I am glad you saw that too 10:50  |  K. Rove 04/11/08
      61.   54 Mark B - Not McCain Campaign 11:01  |  Mark of Lewiston 04/11/08
      62.   Bush the invisible 11:04  |  Cornelia 04/11/08
      63.   # 52 Mark B. / # 54 Mark of Lewiston 11:10  |  Swiss (Dino) 04/11/08
      64.   Hopefully this will 11:14  |  Chris Linthwaite 04/11/08
      65.   54 Mark B - Not McCain Campaign - addendum 11:17  |  Mark of Lewiston 04/11/08
      66.   victor hardman #45 McCain who should be disqualified 11:30  |  Roo 04/11/08
      67.   #55 Hey John in Texas 11:44  |  mike 04/11/08
      68.   #60 K Rove 11:50  |  mike 04/11/08
      69.   #66 i agree disqualify the 2 worst candidates of all 44 elections 11:52  |  victor hardman 04/11/08
      70.   #66 Yes Roo 11:55  |  mike 04/11/08
      71.   #27 Lynn 12:03  |  mike 04/11/08
      72.   #71 mike....actually I have a lot of clues 12:51  |  Lynn 04/11/08
      73.   #71 mike....actually I have a lot of clues 12:51  |  Lynn 04/11/08
      74.   FINALLY A GOOD AND FAIR MAN SO ISRAEL SHOULD WORRY 12:56  |  mehmet 04/11/08
      75.   #65 Mark of Lewiston....that was her undoing 12:58  |  Lynn 04/11/08
      76.   Biden may be OK... but Obama......... 13:09  |  charlie 04/11/08
      77.   #73, Lynn 13:20  |  Cipora Julinna Kohn 04/11/08
      78.   Polls and Obama 14:13  |  Brod 04/11/08
      79.   Lynn The American people 14:15  |  Chris Linthwaite 04/11/08
      80.   #79 Linthwaite....there are NOT 303 million 14:21  |  Lynn 04/11/08
      81.   #80 Lynn 14:38  |  Chris Linthwaite 04/11/08
      82.   #77 Cipora Julianna Kohn-blowhard are u 15:01  |  Roo 04/11/08
      83.   LYNN and Obama`s BIRTH CERTIFICATE 15:02  |  K. Rove 04/11/08
      84.   To mehmet # 74 - Israel may have a lot to worry about.... 15:15  |  Dolly 04/11/08
      85.   I wonder when will Israel elect an Arab President? 16:10  |  American 04/11/08
      86.   Pro Obama propaganda. Nice work ,Haartez.A Joke. 16:22  |  David 04/11/08
      87.   #65 Mark of Lewiston 16:33  |  Mark B. 04/11/08
      88.   #72 Lynn 16:39  |  mike 04/11/08
      89.   #84 Dolly 16:48  |  mike 04/11/08
      90.   #75 Lynn 16:51  |  mike 04/11/08
      91.   Voting is for losers 16:52  |  Jimmy 04/11/08
      92.   If the Swiss were not that STUPIDS they,,,,,,, 16:54  |  Smartoguff 04/11/08
      93.   #85 American 17:09  |  JJ 04/11/08
      94.   Swiss (Dino) #4 stupid is what stupid does 17:25  |  Gil 04/11/08
      95.   #1, If Obama Wins, You LOSE ! 17:29  |  Gary 04/11/08
      96.   Jewish and Proud to vote for Obama 17:31  |  Mark Jeffery Koch 04/11/08
      97.   #12, Foolish Clickfool 17:35  |  Gary 04/11/08
      98.   "My Friends" it`s almost over 17:38  |  Persian Kitty 04/11/08
      99.   #22, Swiss Citizens Have Problem with Race 17:40  |  Gary 04/11/08
      100.   Go Obama 17:48  |  Jon 04/11/08
      101.   To all Non-Americans - WE VOTE and NOT YOU 17:50  |  Mike 04/11/08
      102.   # 14 kipperaes 17:58  |  Axel 04/11/08
      103.   #81 Linthwaite out of that number app 180 mill 17:59  |  Lynn 04/11/08
      104.   #85 American 18:00  |  Daniela 04/11/08
      105.   #88 mike...thank goodness for Eleanor Roosevelt 18:02  |  Lynn 04/11/08
      106.   #90 mike...what are you smoking? 18:06  |  Lynn 04/11/08
      107.   #98 Persian Kitty......LOL!!!! 18:09  |  Lynn 04/11/08
      108.   #94 Gil 18:16  |  Daniela 04/11/08
      109.   re: #1, If Obama Wins, You LOSE ! 18:24  |  Richard 04/11/08
      110.   Since Obama won Hart`s Place in New Hampshire, 17 to 10, 18:29  |  S 04/11/08
      111.   #103 Lynn 18:30  |  Chris Linthwaite 04/11/08
      112.   #101 who voted for george bush cos no one is behind him 18:36  |  victor hardman 04/11/08
      113.   #106 Lynn 18:38  |  mike 04/11/08
      114.   Persian Kitty #98 - I`ll drink with you, although... 18:41  |  S 04/11/08
      115.   # 97 gary 18:42  |  Axel 04/11/08
      116.   # 109, RICHARD 18:47  |  indrajaya 04/11/08
      117.   # 98, PERSIAN KITTY 18:50  |  indrajaya 04/11/08
      118.   LYNN and Obama`s BIRTH CERTIFICATE 18:53  |  K. Rove 04/11/08
      119.   #52 Swiss (Dino) 18:59  |  ccb 04/11/08
      120.   #111 Linthwaite....i misread you. 19:00  |  Lynn 04/11/08
      121.   Haaretz Service, why didn`t you let me celebrate with ... 19:11  |  S 04/11/08
      122.   small nitpick 19:16  |  M. 04/11/08
      123.   mike 19:16  |  Roo 04/11/08
      124.   #113 mike...I pity your children 19:22  |  Lynn 04/11/08
      125.   Lynn Your ACORN 101. 19:32  |  K. Rove 04/11/08
      126.   #43 OMG Well said Cipora..And the latest NEWS FLASH 30 mins AGO! 19:36  |  Kathy 04/11/08
      127.   Lynn #124 ha ha 19:47  |  Roo 04/11/08
      128.   Kathy #126 `VERY UGLY AND WE KNOW WHY` 19:52  |  Roo 04/11/08
      129.   #125 Rove...just some info 19:54  |  Lynn 04/11/08
      130.   #117 LISTEN LISTEN ... INDRAJAYA 19:55  |  daniela 04/11/08
      131.   #127 Roo....I don`t believe in socialism 20:05  |  Lynn 04/11/08
      132.   #109, Simpleton, Out of Context 20:42  |  Gary 04/11/08
      133.   #115, Are you happy with those stupid dudes? 20:49  |  Gary 04/11/08
      134.   Lynn, we have always had a form of Socialism 20:51  |  Sonny 04/11/08
      135.   #116, Not Everyone Loves Obama 21:02  |  Gary 04/11/08
      136.   Lynn #131 21:28  |  Roo 04/11/08
      137.   99 gary 21:31  |  wh 04/11/08
      138.   # 94 Gil, your post started so thoughtful..... 21:33  |  Swiss (Dino) 04/11/08
      139.   75 Lynn - Reward 21:41  |  Mark of Lewiston 04/11/08
      140.   # 119 ccb 21:43  |  Swiss (Dino) 04/11/08
      141.   `Black Power` speaks..... 22:03  |  Dagma 04/11/08
      142.   #76 charlie 22:13  |  wh 04/11/08
      143.   One of our Texas republicans - Mark of Lewiston 22:25  |  Mark Lincoln 04/11/08
      144.   Sonny - those are not `socialism` 22:28  |  Mark Lincoln 04/11/08
      145.   To mike # 89 - For your information I am not a Zionist 22:43  |  Dolly 04/11/08
      146.   Mark Lincoln 22:48  |  Sonny 04/11/08
      147.   #135 Gary ...of course Indra forgets,Indonesia is now.. 23:07  |  Kathy 04/11/08
      148.   #137, that`s ok, WH , I Love Toronto ! 23:07  |  Gary 04/11/08
      149.   Hey Lynn! K. Rove is asking you a question. I read your post... 23:20  |  Maureen Ann 04/11/08
      150.   Lynn #131 and "spreading the wealth around" 23:20  |  Roo 04/11/08
      151.   Not Just Texas, Mark Lincoln 23:20  |  Mark of Lewiston 04/11/08
      152.   To mike # 89 - Israel and the Palestinians 23:21  |  Dagma 04/11/08
      153.   #14 - Kipperraes 23:28  |  Imbar 04/11/08
      154.   #78 Brod ... Which country first ? 23:30  |  American 04/11/08
      155.   #74 OOOHH ! Mehmet is sooo happy,he used Uppercase for hisCaption 23:35  |  K 04/11/08
      156.   #82, roo 23:39  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 04/11/08
      157.   Because your claim is not true Gary... 23:39  |  BBSNews 04/11/08
      158.   #150 Hey Roo Talk About Socialism & Eisenhower.. 00:09  |  Kathy 05/11/08
      159.   #126 Say Kath, where did you get such BS! 00:22  |  ballistic 05/11/08
      160.   K, tomorrow you will see who is esshek 00:24  |  mehmet 05/11/08
      161.   K, tomorrow you will see who is esshek 00:24  |  mehmet 05/11/08
      162.   American #154 00:27  |  Brod 05/11/08
      163.   #139 Mark of Lewiston....Neither one deserve a seat in the Senate 01:12  |  Lynn 05/11/08
      164.   #150 Maureen....I did 01:16  |  Lynn 05/11/08
      165.   Cipora Julianna Kohn #156 01:17  |  Roo 05/11/08
      166.   #150 Roo.....Have you noticed the wealth of all Congress? 01:25  |  Lynn 05/11/08
      167.   kathy #158 "About Socialism & Eisenhower" 01:27  |  Roo 05/11/08
      168.   votes 01:40  |  genesis 05/11/08
      169.   Lynn - I know you have not a clue 01:42  |  Mark Lincoln 05/11/08
      170.   104, Daniela and the State & Religion 01:53  |  CI 05/11/08
      171.   #164 Lynn. What it is with you. 02:05  |  Maureen Ann 05/11/08
      172.   #169 Mark Lincoln....just because I feel neither Murtha or Dole 02:13  |  Lynn 05/11/08
      173.   #160 & #161 Oh dear Mehmet.. 02:16  |  Kathy 05/11/08
      174.   Lynn #166 you sound just like Palin 02:16  |  Roo 05/11/08
      175.   #171 Maureen...a great deal of pride in TWO 02:18  |  Lynn 05/11/08
      176.   Lynn - It`s a more massacre than landslide!!! 02:26  |  K. Rove 05/11/08
      177.   #176 Rove....I never believe in exit polls 02:44  |  Lynn 05/11/08
      178.   # 176, K.ROVE 02:52  |  indrajaya 05/11/08
      179.   Lynn #177 yeh don`t give up, just torture yourself 03:02  |  K. Rove 05/11/08
      180.   No Lynn, I just side with the Constitution 03:05  |  Mark Lincoln 05/11/08
      181.   #162 Brod ... What you gonna do... 03:38  |  American 05/11/08
      182.   Dear S 04:17  |  Persian Kitty 05/11/08
      183.   Kathy and the Rest On Mehmet 04:38  |  Persian Kitty 05/11/08
      184.   Indrajaya 04:40  |  Persian Kitty 05/11/08
      185.   #175 Praise God Lynn. It`s looking good for Obama! 04:42  |  Maureen Ann 05/11/08
      186.   Lynn #176 04:49  |  Persian Kitty 05/11/08
      187.   #180, Mark Lincoln 06:06  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 05/11/08
      188.   Yes, we can! Yes, we did! 06:41  |  Leeza Cohen Coleman 05/11/08
      189.   #30 mike and Obama`s grandmother 07:18  |  hala 05/11/08
      190.   To Ciporloser (#43) 08:57  |  Morris Valentine 05/11/08
      191.   To S (#114) 09:01  |  Morris Valentine 05/11/08
      192.   To LCC (#188) 09:06  |  Morris Valentine 05/11/08
      193.   Dear Morris Valentine 09:47  |  Leeza Cohen Coleman 05/11/08
      194.   great day 13:12  |  wh 05/11/08
      195.   Holloween is here 14:15  |  james hazan 05/11/08
      196.   #188 Hey Leeza! How about a `fist bump`! 19:38  |  ballistic 05/11/08
      197.   #189 Hala re Obama`s grandma 19:41  |  ballistic 05/11/08
      198.   Attached: Fist Bump for Ballistic 04:17  |  Leeza Cohen Coleman 06/11/08
      199.   To Leeza (#193): Thank you for your concern - no worries, tho` 05:52  |  Morris Valentine 06/11/08
      200.   A Private Note to Morris Valentine-Roo/Ballistic may read it ,too 08:19  |  Leeza Cohen Coleman 06/11/08
      201.   Leeza, we hardly knew ye! (#200) 06:45  |  Morris Valentine 07/11/08
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