’I like being the underdog’, says John McCain, who seems to see himself like a straight talking, shooting from the hip kind of maverick. ‘Every time I get ahead I mess it up, so being the underdog suits me well’.

John McCain can’t be reading the same newspapers as the rest of the world, because he is confident it will be a close race on the 4th November. Hasn’t he noticed that Obama has had a solid lead on him for weeks now? According to CNN’s latest, Obama has 49 percent to McCain’s 43. We’ve all seen them much, much closer, so I for one don’t believe in the thriller finish he promises. The confident underdog.