Notably, McKinnon spoke about the recent polls with less bravado than other Bush advisers in the closing days of the campaign, and made no promises of the outcome.
"We averaged it all out, and the numbers over the last week have been good for us -- better for us, anyway," McKinnon said. "Ultimately, you can argue the numbers either way, but my acid test, at the end of the day, is I'd rather be us than them going into the final 24 hours."
The race was so excruciatingly close for the White House that Bush spent part of the last day of what he said would be his last campaign without his wife at his side. First lady Laura Bush, after accompanying the president from Cincinnati to Wilmington, flew separately to rallies in Cleveland and Clinton Township, Michigan, where she echoed the president's stump lines.
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