Looks like McCain campaign is giving up on Colorado, Iowa and New Mexico (CNN)

No Passaran

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Mon Oct-20-08 10:43 PM
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Looks like McCain campaign is giving up on Colorado, Iowa and New Mexico (CNN)

Looks like they'll be all in for Pennsylvania. BTW. Obama is +12 in Pennsylvania.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/20/mccain-camp-looking-for-way-to-win-without-colorado/

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No Passaran

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Mon Oct-20-08 10:45 PM
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1. This means even without Virginia, Obama wins if he keeps Pennsylvania

Edited on Mon Oct-20-08 10:46 PM by GA Democrat

273 EV without VA

286 EV with VA

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Eric J in MN

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Mon Oct-20-08 10:49 PM
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2. PA is 53-39 Obama in the polling average...

...at www.electoral-vote.com

I guess McCain's internal polls show PA much closer.

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TTUBatfan2008

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Mon Oct-20-08 10:50 PM
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4. Not necessarily...

More like they know there's zero chance of winning those other states.

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ClassWarrior

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Mon Oct-20-08 10:55 PM
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7. Or they're trying to play us for suckers.

Don't believe A SINGLE WORD that comes out of the McLiar campaign.

NGU.

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TTUBatfan2008

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Tue Oct-21-08 12:29 AM
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12. Agreed on that 100%...

Keep hammering away and taking advantage of that fundraising advantage rather than backing off.

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The Stranger

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Mon Oct-20-08 10:55 PM
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8. Pennsylvania gives them more bang for their buck and is easier to blanket in an all out effort.

Either that, or they know they can tell everyone they went all out for Pennsylvania because they know they can steal it and use this as a ruse to cover the theft.

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ShadowLiberal

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Mon Oct-20-08 10:58 PM
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10. Worst yet for McCain, it's been several weeks since he's done better then behind by 10%+ in PA polls

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liberalmuse

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Mon Oct-20-08 10:50 PM
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3. Huh?

This makes absolutely no sense at all!

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No Passaran

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Mon Oct-20-08 10:52 PM
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5. They have one Hail Mary left and they're going for PA

I was afraid they were gonna go all in for Colorado and Virginia instead of PA. McCain campaign proves to be a poorly ran campaign once again.

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ClassWarrior

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Mon Oct-20-08 10:53 PM
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6. Reported by McBush fan John King. Don't believe it.

Edited on Mon Oct-20-08 11:07 PM by ClassWarrior

Why do people who should know better always take the Corporate Media bait??

NGU.

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No Passaran

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Mon Oct-20-08 10:57 PM
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9. Did you say the same thing about Michigan?

Think about it

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ClassWarrior

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Mon Oct-20-08 11:05 PM
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11. Yes. Look into it. They're still there. And they 're still here in Wisconsin...

Edited on Mon Oct-20-08 11:08 PM by ClassWarrior

...where they also said they'd be pulling out. All they did was pull their TV buy. They're still running campaign offices here. Meanwhile Obama supporters in those two states think we're home free, and they're failing to show up for their volunteer shifts.

But you go ahead and believe the enemy.

NGU.

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thewiseguy

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Tue Oct-21-08 12:33 AM
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13. and what will their campaign do about Ohio, Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, and Missouri?

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amborin

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Tue Oct-21-08 12:36 AM
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14. they read the ny times article from the other day

discussing a narrow win rethug strategy

to go after just those remaining states that bush won in 2004

and get Penn

the article recommended pulling resources out of every other state

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