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"The Hillary people got a late start," lamented Charlene Bickford, 63, of Arlington County, wearing a pin with the former first lady's photo. "I'm kicking myself at this point that we didn't do enough organizing early on."
Ronald Cline Jr., a teacher from Louisa County, said he felt it was less evidence of a groundswell for Obama and more a function of the venue.
"This is a college, and young people are for Obama," Cline, 37, said.
Earlier, hundreds of Obama supporters fanned across the state for a final canvassing push to turn out voters to the polls.
"On Tuesday, we got a chance to sweep D.C., Maryland and Virginia," Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) told about 175 Obama volunteers at a rally yesterday morning in Richmond before they hit the streets with Obama literature. "There is going to be an intense focus on this outcome, and if we can do this heavy, heavy push between now and Tuesday and deliver Virginia . . . that will be such a huge momentum story."
Obama is set to attend meetings today in Alexandria and Virginia Beach, while Clinton is at similar events in Prince William County, Roanoke and Bowie. Obama also has rallies planned at large venues tomorrow in College Park and Baltimore.
Former president Bill Clinton campaigned throughout Virginia yesterday, appearing in Chesapeake, Richmond, Abingdon and last night at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. Today, he is planning to attend church services in the District and Upper Marlboro before campaigning in Catonsville, Baltimore and Silver Spring.
Some polls released Friday showed Obama might have an advantage in Virginia, but his campaign advisers sought to play down expectations yesterday.
"We are fighting a race like we are 10 points down instead of 10 points ahead," said Steve Hildebrand, Obama's deputy campaign manager.
On the Republican side yesterday, an enthusiastic crowd of nearly 1,000 people greeted Huckabee at the University of Maryland, where the presidential hopeful urged supporters to ignore "Beltway babble" about the Republican race being over and vote for him Tuesday.
"Somebody forgot to tell you guys that there aren't any Republicans in Maryland," Huckabee told a crowd gathered at the College Park campus's student union. "This is incredible. . . . I'm energized by you today."
Huckabee did not mention McCain by name during a speech in which he touted his plans to abolish the income tax and spoke at length about his humble upbringing.
