THE FINAL SPRINT – 10/20/2008: Charles Gibson reports on “World News” with 15 days to the presidential election between Barack Obama and John McCain – with early voting under way in 31 states, Obama leading in the polls and the candidates in battleground states. | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

🗳️ It’s Election Day in America today which reminds us of another one in the not so distant past: November 4, 2008, when the band was on tour in support of Accelerate. That night the guys were playing an encore in Santiago, Chile when Bertis Downs came on stage with his laptop to share the news that Barack Obama’s victory as the next President of the United States was imminent and indisputable. The band then charged into a rousing version of “I Believe” to celebrate the news. 🗳️ If there’s an