http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081013/pl_nm/us_usa_politics_mccain Republican presidential nominee John McCain, scrambling to overcome Barack Obama's lead in the polls, will assure supporters on Monday he will bounce back even though his Democratic rival is already "measuring the drapes" at the White House.
My friends, we've got them just where we want them," McCain will tell a rally in Virginia, according to advance excerpts obtained by Reuters, as he tries to reinvigorate his faltering campaign in the final stretch to the November 4 election.
With the clock ticking down on his chance to narrow Obama's advantage, McCain will unveil a new stump speech that a campaign source said would mark a "more forceful tone" by the Arizona senator in his quest for the presidency.
McCain's new rhetoric on the campaign trail comes as he and his top advisers consider new economic proposals that the campaign source said could be rolled out later in the week to a