So even though it seems very close now that doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be as close at the end. The format will be radically different in terms of voters asking questions and oftentimes that produces unusual questions that the candidate did not prepare to deal with. It also generally favors candidates that are good spontaneously. My guess is that the race is probably very close. I think the best thing people should do if they want a sense of where things are, is they should take an average of all of the national polls and the average is probably as close as anything you'd get in terms of being on target.
Today there is a lot of focus on the breaking news overseas.
At this stage of the game I'm not sure it makes a lot of difference. So far it seems like both candidates have handled it okay. No, not necessarily. Wheatamerican public opinion has hsaid about foreign policy in recent years is that the incumbent adminstration gets no credit if things go right, but they get the blame when they don't. I thank electoral college indications in the last week have still slightly favored Gore.