Bush, Gore Fight to Finish

— -- The final weekend of the presidential campaign is drawing to a close as Al Gore and George W. Bush make a final, frantic push for votes in a race that both have a shot at winning.

ABCNEWS.comNov. 5 — George W. Bush is walking and talking like a front-runner in the presidential race, even as Al Gore continues to turn up the rhetoric against his opponent. Both Gore and Bush are barnstorming through election battlegrounds today, outlining their respective proposals to reform Social Security while trying to boost voter turnout in places where the race is too close to call.

And while Bush has a slight edge in the polls, the contest still seems likely to wind up as the closest election in a generation. Despite the positive attitude displayed by the Bush campaign, Gore aides claim their internal polling shows a virtually even race.

An ABCNEWS tracking poll released this morning shows Bush leading Gore 49 percent to 45 percent, with Green Party nominee Ralph Nader at 3 percent.

Bush has also shrugged off the Thursday revelation that he pleaded guilty to drunk driving in Maine in 1976, showing no discernible loss of support since then.

Florida Still the Key

Bush, the Republican nominee, is devoting his day to campaigning in Florida, the largest toss-up state left.

“My opponent says, ‘You ain’t seen nothing yet,’” Bush told his audience at a rally in West Palm Beach, swiping one of Gore’s favorite refrains. “He’s right … When it comes to Social Security reform, we ain’t seen nothing yet.”

Bush added he would “be willing to think differently to bring Democrats and Republicans together” to solve Social Security, underscoring his claim that he alone can bring bipartisan leadership to Washington.

The GOP nominee, who has been calling for a reform of the Social Security system that would allow people to invest a portion of their benefits for themselves, reiterated his message at a later rally at Florida International University in Miami.