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In Oviedo, Fla., today, Meghan McCain told reporters she was caught off guard by Powell's endorsement of Obama. "You know, I was surprised, I have to say, I just didn't expect it," McCain said. "He's a personal friend too. So that's why it's a little bit surprising. But what I think that's interesting for me is that Joe the Plumber has made so much of a bigger splash than Colin Powell endorsing, which just kind of shows where the race is at. And I was disappointed, but it is what it is."

Before speaking to the reporters, McCain had lunch with a group of University of Central Florida Young Republicans at the American Pie Pizza Co.

"I still feel positive. Don't listen to the polls," McCain told the students, who were wearing t-shirts saying "Don't tax me, baby." "I always tell people that if the polls knew anything that Romney and Hillary would be the nominees right now."

McCain also told the reporters that her dad has a youth following, more "than maybe the media is letting people know or come out."

McCain also said her young age helps the campaign. "At an event like this, people just like seeing people their own age that they can relate to, and I've been knocked a lot for the way I talk and act and dress, for looking too young, but I'm almost 24, and this is the age I am, and I'm a Republican young woman and I'm just trying to represent in the best way I can."

This lunch meeting was one of four stops in McCain's day. She also visited the McCain campaign offices in Orlando, Lakeland, and Tampa.