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Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Secondary Navigation Top Stories Full Coverage Most Popular Photos Search Search: Obama riding 'righteous wind' three days before election AFP - 2 hours 20 minutes ago PUEBLO, Colorado (AFP) - - Democrat Barack Obama promised a "new politics for a new time" and said he had a "righteous wind" at his back as he basked in hefty poll leads just three days before Tuesday's historic election. But on the electrifying campaign's final weekend, Obama's Republican White House rival John McCain attacked Obama's patriotism after the Democrat said his faith in the American people had been "vindicated." Meanwhile, after a mildly embarrassing revelation, Obama's campaign returned a financial donation of 265 dollars from a Kenyan aunt who lives in Boston after questions were raised over her immigration status. The rivals blitzed key battleground states on Saturday, in what has been Republican territory in recent elections, reflecting Obama's edge in most swing states and in national polls as the race careens to a close. "Don't believe for a second that this election is over," Obama told more than 31,000 supporters at two rallies in the balmy heat of Nevada and Colorado, as his bid to become America's first black president reaches its climax. "But I know this, Colorado, the time for change has come. We have a righteous wind at our back," he said here. The Illinois senator, 47, once again tried to shackle McCain to President George W. Bush's legacy and warned his rival would resort to "slash and burn" tactics in the final hours. But he said: "We can steer ourselves out of this crisis -- with a new politics for a new time." Obama also derided McCain after Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday hailed the Arizona senator as the right man to lead the country because he "understands the danger facing America." "I'd like to congratulate Senator McCain on this endorsement because he really earned it," the Democrat said. "(Cheney) knows that with John McCain you get a twofer: George Bush's economic policies and Dick Cheney's foreign policies -- but that's a risk that the American people cannot afford to take." McCain, 72, sought again to turn Tuesday's election into a referendum on his inexperienced rival's readiness to be commander-in-chief. Obama had shown some "impressive qualities," he said at a rally in Newport News, Virginia. But his foe was the wrong choice for a dangerous world where "millions of lives" were at stake. McCain also slammed Obama for a remark that has been part of the Illinois senator's stump speech for many months and that he repeated Saturday. "(Obama) said the other day that his primary victory 'vindicated' his faith in America. My country has never had to prove anything to me, my friends. I've always had faith in it and I've been humbled and honored to serve it." The attack was scorned by Obama spokesman Bill Burton. "It's pathetic that John McCain would take a statement Barack Obama has been making for a year about his faith in the American people and distort it to attack his patriotism," Burton said. "Sadly, this is what we've come to expect from a desperate, dishonorable campaign that will say anything in a failed attempt to win this election." Latest daily tracking surveys suggested that Obama was in pole position heading into election day. Rasmussen had the national race at 51 to 46 percent in favor of the Democrat. Gallup had Obama gaining momentum and leading 52 percent to 42 percent in two polls designed to reflect different scenarios of likely voters. Obama was joined in Colorado, another Republican state in 2004 which is trending in his direction, by his wife Michelle and two daughters before an evening rally in the midwestern bellwether of Missouri. The would-be first couple were then set to campaign in Ohio Sunday at three events including a rally with rocker Bruce Springsteen in Cleveland that aides were confident would draw a monster crowd. McCain hit the trail in Virginia and Pennsylvania before traveling to New York to make a cameo appearance on television comedy show "Saturday Night Live." His running mate Sarah Palin, a heroine to conservatives but a butt of jokes on SNL, was meanwhile the victim of a prank phone call by a French-Canadian comedian impersonating French President Nicolas Sarkozy. "We have such great respect for you, John McCain and I, we love you!" the Alaska governor said, inviting "Sarkozy" to go hunting with her and chuckling when the fake president said his wife Carla Bruni was "hot in bed." 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