But a New York Times poll shows that 83% of black voters support Obama, compared to only 31% of white voters with similar opinions of Obama.

McCain says he doesn't expect to receive a lot of votes from the black community, and whether or not he receives those votes, he wanted to make clear that he is "a candidate for president who seeks your vote and hopes to earn it. But whether or not I win your support, I need your goodwill and counsel."

Violence in Iraq is declining, according to Democratic and Republican leaders as well as military leaders on ground.

And that decline in violence has provided evidence that the surge is in fact working--an idea first proposed by John McCain.

As a result, Obama's campaign eliminated anything on his campaign website that said the surge was not working.

But Obama still says the surge has not produced the results and momentum it originally promised.  "As I warned at the outset--Iraqi's leaders have not made the political progress that was the purpose of the surge," Obama said.

Obama recently attended a Weapons of Mass Destruction Forum earlier this week where he addressed some of the effects of the Iraq War.

He says the Iraq War makes it more likely for terrorist or rouge states, such as Iran, to acquire a nuclear weapon.

Indiana Senator Evan Bayh and Georgia Senator Sam Nunn were also with Obama, both of which are important names, as political observors say one of those two men could be Obama's vice-president running mate.

And offshore oil drilling is once again at the center of attention.

McCain supported President Bush's reversal of an executive ban this week on offshore oil drilling.

Obama does not support offshore oil drilling, just one of the differences between the two presidential nominees.