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COMMENTS: Zigzags Through Hangars
Helter-skelter urgency was the overriding impression from Republican John McCain's final day on the stump. ABC's David Wright (at the tail of the Tapper videostream) noted that "the speeches are shorter and the days much longer" as the candidate jetted across the nation. CBS' Chip Reid saw "a zigzag course through seven battleground states." NBC's Kelly O'Donnell called it campaigning "in the fast lane" with so-called hangar rallies--events "staged at the airport to stop and go quickly." She calculated 3,500 miles traveled in a single day with stops in states totaling 107 electoral votes. ABC's Wright observed that all but one of those states voted Republican in 2004: "He is forced to play defense."
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