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His campaign understands the dire circumstances it faces and is narrowing his travels almost exclusively to Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, Colorado and Nevada. If he carries those states, while losing only Iowa and New Mexico from the GOP's 2004 total, Mr. McCain will carry 274 Electoral College votes and the White House. It's threading the needle, but it's come to that.
Look at the big three. Can anyone say Florida, Virginia and Ohio are not close? Ohio has issues with voter registration and Ohio polls have mostly been within the margin of erro. Virginia is the state where Wilder had an 8 point lead going into the election and won by only one half a percent. Florida is the one state where we did have a successful plan to keep Democrats from voting in 2004, and can you say Florida's a lock for Obama? No.
So if McCain sweeps those three states he just has to win Missouri, Colorado and Nevada. Two toss up states, and one that Obama doesn't have much of lead in and might be susceptible to McCains native Arizona spillover.
Basically, if the three biggies, Florida and Virginia and Ohio go to McCain, he could actually win it.
His campaign understands the dire circumstances it faces and is narrowing his travels almost exclusively to Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Ohio, Missouri, Colorado and Nevada. If he carries those states, while losing only Iowa and New Mexico from the GOP's 2004 total, Mr. McCain will carry 274 Electoral College votes and the White House. It's threading the needle, but it's come to that.
Look at the big three. Can anyone say Florida, Virginia and Ohio are not close? Ohio has issues with voter registration and Ohio polls have mostly been within the margin of erro. Virginia is the state where Wilder had an 8 point lead going into the election and won by only one half a percent. Florida is the one state where we did have a successful plan to keep Democrats from voting in 2004, and can you say Florida's a lock for Obama? No.
So if McCain sweeps those three states he just has to win Missouri, Colorado and Nevada. Two toss up states, and one that Obama doesn't have much of lead in and might be susceptible to McCains native Arizona spillover.
Basically, if the three biggies, Florida and Virginia and Ohio go to McCain, he could actually win it.