‘Joc Joc’ drops bid
to void arrest warrant
Pressure forces justice to inhibit self on habeas corpus plea

WASHINGTON — Democrat Barack Obama has firm control of the US presidential election heading into Tuesday’s (Wednesday in Manila) voting, with Republican John McCain searching for signs of hope in an increasingly bleak political landscape.

Obama has led McCain in every national opinion poll since late September, and is ahead with more than 300 state electoral votes — far more than the 270 needed to capture the White House.

McCain’s camp says the race has tightened down the stretch in battleground states, but some national and state polls show Obama expanding his lead in the final days of a grueling two-year campaign.

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Americans go to polls
in history-setting vote

WASHINGTON. — Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain face the verdict of US voters on Tuesday after a long and bitter struggle for the White House, with Obama holding a decisive edge in national opinion polls.

At least 130 million Americans are expected to cast votes on a successor to unpopular Republican President George W. Bush and set the country’s course for the next four years on the economic crisis, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an overhaul of health care and other issues.

The first polls begin to close in parts of Indiana and Kentucky at 6 p.m. EST on Tuesday (7 a.m. Wednesday in Manila). Voting ends over the next six hours in the other 48 states.