“HERE I am, signed, sealed, delivered.” That’s what the giddy crowds at Barack Obama’s campaign rallies hear when he walks off the stage — the booming sound of Stevie Wonder singing about the promise of a sure thing.

SENATOR John Kerry has erased US President George W Bush’s modest lead and the two candidates head into election day tied at 49%-49%, a nationwide USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll shows, as an extraordinarily bitter and expensive campaign prepared to end.

FAVOURABLE public reaction to his performance in the first presidential debate has boosted Massachusetts Senator John Kerry and narrowed the contest with President Bush to a tie, according to a new poll.

George Bush has a seven-point lead over his Democratic challenger, John Kerry according to a US poll published today.

President George W. Bush retains an advantage with voters on such qualities as decisiveness and strength of leadership despite the Democrats’ effort to promote John Kerry as a strong leader, a poll has found.