Campaigning in a crisis: Obama, McCain and the 2008 meltdown

It was a late Sunday afternoon in September 2008, and senior aides to Barack Obama were gathered at his presidential campaign headquarters in Chicago. Their latest polling showed that Obama, the Democratic nominee, had lost his lead over his opponent, Sen John McCain, since the Republican convention. They were worried.

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