Several hours later, the party held a grand opening at the McCain-Palin Headquarters in Warrenton, hoping to continue the recent momentum with six weeks remaining until the presidential election. The local Republicans' focus in the office will be on phone banking. Office organizer Bev Ehlen said the McCain office, located at 111 South Highway 47, will be open from 3-7 p.m. Monday through Friday. On Saturday, the office will be open from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and on Sunday from 1-3 p.m. Ehlen also said those interested can do phone banking from home. Some door-to-door canvassing might also be done if needed. Mainly, the group wants to make sure voters are informed on the issues and to get out to the polls on Nov. 4. Area Republicans were happy to see a local office open again. Ehlen said Warren County has had a local presidential headquarters for as long as she can remember. Others support the cause. "I think it's important to have a facility where we can meet and talk about what is going on," Don Priest of Wright City said. "We need to carry on in the future." Warrenton resident Doug Shirley added: "People drive by here all the time. It's easy to see. It's a plain old place but it works." Republicans from all around the area stopped by the office Sunday for a chance to grab yard signs, bumper stickers and other various political propaganda. Some attended just to show support. A poll, conducted by the St. Louis Post-Dipatch and KMOV released Sunday morning, showed McCain with a four-point percentage lead on Obama in Missouri. Area Republicans said their party received a needed boost when McCain decided to select Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin, a relativel unknown at the time, as his running mate at last month's convention. "It definitely has turned the tide," Don Priest said. Now they believe they have the Obama camp backpedaling. "In Missouri, we got the momentum," Shirley said. "People see how Obama-Biden act toward taxes. The experience they supposedly have, which none of it is governing, they haven't run anything other than their mouths." Currently the office is without much furniture, but enthusiasm instead filled the former vacant house. "We want to make people aware that this is a very critical election," Ehlen said. Also in Warrenton, the local campaign office for Barack Obama continues to see steady support and activity, volunteers said. The office, which opened in July, is located at 609 E. Veterans Memorial. Debbie Mesloh, Missouri director of communications for the Obama campaign, isn't worried about the recent polls and downplayed the momentum shift. "We know Missouri is going to be crucial," she said. "Our focus is working the phones and pounding the streets. At the end of the day, the polls are going to go up and down."