Dems hope to limit losses in campaign's last hours

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Source: AP

WASHINGTON – Bracing for Monday's final burst of campaigning, President Barack Obama implored voters to remember that GOP policies failed to prevent the recession, while top Republicans said the public will deliver a harsh verdict on his stewardship of an anemic recovery. Alaska was shaping up as the most unsettled state in the midterm election's closing act. Democrats said it's conceivable they could score an upset Senate win there.

Desperate to minimize game-changing losses around the country, Democrats put their biggest weapons on the road Sunday. Obama and Vice President Joe Biden rallied about 8,000 supporters in Cleveland, urging them to keep Gov. Ted Strickland and a clutch of imperiled House Democrats from being ousted.

Former president Bill Clinton, still a popular and energetic campaigner, stumped for Democrats Sunday in Maine, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. "I'm pleading with you," Clinton told an audience in Nashua, N.H., "give John Lynch a massive victory." Lynch, the three-term governor, faces a strong challenge from Republican John Stephen.

Republicans went to their own rallies and talk shows, almost giddy with the expectation of regaining the House majority, and not ruling out claiming the Senate against long odds. Sarah Palin, the 2008 GOP vice presidential nominee, told "Fox News Sunday" that voters will say: "You blew it, President Obama. We gave you the two years to fulfill your promise of making sure that our economy starts roaring back to life again."

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