Editor's note: Fareed Zakaria is a foreign affairs analyst who hosts "Fareed Zakaria: GPS" on CNN at 1 p.m. ET Sundays.
Fareed Zakaria says the president-elect won't have much time to celebrate his victory.
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Trailing in the polls, Sen. John McCain will travel to seven states in one day as his presidential campaign enters its final hours, the Republican nominee's campaign manager announced Friday.
McCain will campaign in seven cities Monday, just one day before Election Day, Rick Davis said. The final list of cities has not been finalized, Davis said.
McCain and the Republican Party expect to outspend his Democratic rival, Sen. Barack Obama, by $10 million in the closing days of the campaign, Davis said.
The Republican nominee will not spend all of his final weekend campaigning on serious matters. McCain plans to make an appearance on "Saturday Night Live." He has appeared on the show before, but this weekend will be his first appearance this year.
Polls show that McCain is trailing Obama going into the final weekend of campaigning. A CNN poll of polls calculated Wednesday has Obama leading McCain 50 percent to 43 percent, with 7 percent unsure. The poll of polls is an average of eight national surveys.
In a sign that the Democrats were not going to sit on their lead, the Obama campaign announced Friday that it would begin airing ads in McCain's home state of Arizona.
CNN spoke to world affairs expert and author Fareed Zakaria about what the first order of business will be for whomever wins next week's election.
CNN: What will a president-elect do in the days following the election?
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Zakaria: We spoke with three former administration officials on our show this week: former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Reagan Chief of Staff Ken Duberstein and Carter National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski.
They all remarked that the days following the election need to be focused on putting a team together.
Both Sens. McCain and Obama probably have a list of names for the top Cabinet posts already, but once the election is done, whichever teams wins will need to quickly refocus on putting together an administration. There's not much time to celebrate and savor the win before duties call.
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