TPM is linking to a Boston Globe analysis of Obama's prospects for flipping six red states, except for Colorado all of them in the South or Deep South. The piece is interesting but weak, without getting into any polling data, and basically parallels a conversation I was having yesterday.
What this article leaves out that I was focused on in my own conversation yesterday: will Bob Barr shave enough Republican voters away to put states from Louisiana to Georgia (and up into Virginia) into play? The Boston Globe adds nothing of value by suggesting that a lot of these races will depend on high Democratic turnout and low Republican turnout, a prescription that delivers every state to Obama in sufficient doses. What impact will Barr have, though?
I'm sorry, I'm on my way to work and don't have time to do the research to add much to the conversation.
Does anyone else have any actual numbers on what Barr's impact may be?