TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Democrat Barack Obama poured millions of dollars into Florida over the summer but couldn’t close in on John McCain’s comfortable lead. The Republican didn’t flinch, confident the state was trending toward the GOP eight years after it gave George W. Bush the White House.

Then the mortgage crisis hit, jolting the high-foreclosure state — and its presidential politics.

Now, the coveted state with 27 electoral votes is a tossup.

And, Republicans and Democrats alike say getting voters to the polls is the key.

“We’re feeling urgent,” said Obama deputy campaign manager Steve Hildebrand, who is now working out of Miami, signaling just how hard the campaign is competing. “We’ve got a lot to prove.”