Palin campaigned in Missouri earlier Monday.

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (CNN) — After warning an audience Monday in Missouri that a government run by Democrats would “gut” defense spending, Palin asked the crowd: “Do they think that terrorists have all of a sudden become the good guys?”

“So what do they think?,” Palin mused, referring to Democrats. “Do they think that terrorists have all of a sudden become the good guys? And changed their minds? No, the terrorists still seek to destroy America and her allies and all that it is that we stand for: freedom, tolerance, equality. The terrorists have not changed their minds.”

Her question was new, but Palin was pushing an argument she has made frequently in the closing week of the campaign — that Democrats in Congress, led by Rep. Barney Frank, favor a cutting the defense budget by a fourth.

“This is not the time to gut the defense budget, and this is not the time to entrust the powers of the federal government to the one party rule of Obama, Pelosi and Reid,” Palin said.

Frank, the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has said he would favor a 25 percent cut in defense spending, but Obama has said he would actually increase military spending.

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(CNN) – John McCain held a campaign rally on the Tennessee/Virginia border earlier Monday, during which he highlighted comments Barack Obama has made on coal.

"You know we found out yesterday what Sen. Obama really thinks about coal." he told the crowd. "In a new video talking about his policies on coal, he said… 'if somebody wants build a coal powered plant they can. It is just that it will bankrupt them.' How out of touch is that?…I am not going to let our coal industry go bankrupt."

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(CNN) — Barack Obama held a campaign rally in Jacksonville, Florida earlier Monday.

It was his last stop in the crucial battleground state before the election.

Watch: Obama makes his case in Jacksonville

“This is gonna be close here in Florida – this is gonna be close across the country,” he said.

CNN Political Producer Mike Roselli also reports Obama appeared to forget where he was at one point — confusing Ohio with the Sunshine State. He corrected himself and moved on with his well rehearsed closing argument speech – one he has given for a week with just slight variations.

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(CNN) — Joe Biden held a campaign rally in Lee's summit Missouri earlier Monday, the first of the Democratic VP candidate's last four rallies.

Watch: Biden says Obama will bring a new 'brand' of politics

Introducing Biden, Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill took a shot at Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin.

"Barack Obama chose the very best person in the country that could be president of the United States. And well, let's just say John McCain didn't," she said.

Biden also has stops in Ohio and Pennsylvania Monday.

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(CNN) — John McCain is holding a town hall event in Peterborough, New Hampshire this hour.

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(CNN) — Barack Obama held a campaign rally in Cleveland, Ohio earlier Sunday during which he said he's starting to feel good about his prospects on Election Day.

"I have to tell you the last couple of days I’ve just been feeling good," he said. "And part of the reason that I’m feeling good is because sometimes it’s, sometimes it’s lonely on the road but when you’ve got a wife like Michelle Obama – when you’ve got daughters like Malia and Sasha Obama and when they are with you on the road boy everything look a little better. The crowds seem to grow, and everybody’s got a smile on their face and you start, you start thinking that maybe we might be able to win an election on November 4th."

Obama is campaigning in Ohio Sunday.

(CNN) — Barack Obama held a campaign rally in Columbus, Ohio earlier Sunday, during which he took aim at Vice President Dick Cheney's recent praise of the GOP ticket.

"George Bush may be in an undisclosed location, but Dick Cheney’s out there on the campaign trail because he’d be delighted to pass the baton to John McCain," Obama said. "He knows that with John McCain you get a twofer: George Bush’s economic policy and Dick Cheney’s foreign policy – but that’s a risk we cannot afford to take. It’s time for change, and that’s why I’m running for President of the United States."

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McCain is campaigning in Pennsylvania Sunday.

(CNN) – Sen. John McCain on Sunday told supporters that he and Gov. Sarah Palin would "shake up Washington" with a win in Tuesday's presidential election, despite national polls showing them trailing Sen. Barack Obama's ticket.

"I want to repeat to you one more time, my friends — we're going to win, and we're going to bring real change to Washington," he said at a rally in Wallingford, Pennsylvania.

"With your help, we can win. … We need a new direction, and we have to fight for it," McCain said, urging voters to volunteer in the final hours of campaigning.

"Two days, two days to victory," he said to roaring applause.

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(CNN) — Barack Obama is holding a campaign rally in Sarasota this hour.

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(CNN) – John McCain is holding a campaign rally in Defiance, Ohio this hour, his first of four rallies in the crucial battleground state Thursday.

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(CNN) — Joe Biden campaigned in Jupiter, Florida earlier Wednesday.

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(CNN) — John McCain held a campaign rally in Miami earlier Wednesday with Florida Gov. Charlie Crist.

"My opponent's massive new tax increase is exactly the wrong approach in an economic slowdown," he said. "The answer to a slowing economy is not higher taxes, but that is exactly what is going to happen when the Democrats have total control of Washington. We can't let that happen. We need pro-growth and pro-jobs economic policies, not pro-government spending programs paid for with higher taxes."

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(CNN) — Sarah Palin gave a policy speech on energy in Toledo, Ohio earlier Wednesday.

"No, we can't 'drill our way out of the problem' entirely. But this is America, the most resourceful country on earth, and we can drill, and refine, and mine, enrich, reprocess, invent, build, conserve, grow, and use every available means to regain our independence," she said.

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(CNN) – John McCain held a campaign event in Fayetteville, North Carolina earlier Tuesday.

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(CNN) – Barack Obama held a campaign event in Harrisburg, Virginia this earlier Tuesday, during which he continued to deliver his "closing argument" speech.

"In one week, you can put an end to the politics that would divide a nation just to win an election; that tries to pit region against region, city against town, Republican against Democrat; that asks us to fear at a time when we need hope," Obama said.

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(CNN) — John McCain and Sarah Palin are holding a joint-campaign event in Hershey, Pennsylvania this hour.

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(CNN) — Barack Obama held a campaign rally in Pennsylvania earlier Tuesday, during which he continued to make what his campaign is calling the "closing argument."

"Now, in the closing days of this campaign, my opponent is trying to distance himself from the President he has faithfully supported 90% of the time. He’s supported four of the five Bush budgets that have taken us from the surpluses of the Clinton years to the largest deficits in history. John McCain has ridden shotgun as George Bush has driven our economy toward a cliff, and now he wants to take the wheel and step on the gas," he said.

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(CNN) — John McCain campaigned in Dayton Ohio earlier Monday, during which he targeted a 7-year old interview with Barack Obama.

"In a radio interview revealed today, he said that one of the quote – 'tragedies' of the civil rights movement is that it didn’t bring about a redistribution of wealth in our society. He said, and I quote, 'One of the tragedies of the Civil Rights movement was because the Civil Rights movement became so court-focused I think that there was a tendency to lose track of the political and community organizing and activities on the ground that are able to put together the actual coalitions of power through which you bring about redistributive change,'" McCain said.

"That is what change means for Barack the Redistributor: It means taking your money and giving it to someone else."

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(CNN) – Barack Obama delivered a speech in Canton, Ohio earlier Monday that his campaign described as the Illinois senator's "closing argument."

"In one week, at this defining moment in history, you can give this country the change we need," Obama said. "We began this journey in the depths of winter nearly two years ago, on the steps of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. Back then, we didn’t have much money or many endorsements. We weren’t given much of a chance by the polls or the pundits, and we knew how steep our climb would be."

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(CNN) – Sarah Palin held a campaign event in Fredericksburg, Virginia earlier Monday.

Earlier, the Alaska governor campaigned in Leesburg, Virginia.