The great thing about having so many states in play is that even in the ones Obama loses Mccain is going to have to spend some of his precious money to defend them.
And in addition to Obama's 50 state strategy helping down ticket dems--Obama will be helped by downticket races, and/or Mccain is going to be hurt by unpopular republicans down ticket.
Obama campaign manager David Plouffe outlined several alternatives to reaching the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House that runs counter to the conventional wisdom of recent elections.Plouffe and his aides are weighing where to contest, and where chances are too slim to marshal a large effort. A win in Virginia (13 electoral votes) or Georgia (15 votes) could give Obama a shot if he, like Kerry, loses Ohio or Florida.
The great thing about having so many states in play is that even in the ones Obama loses Mccain is going to have to spend some of his precious money to defend them.
And in addition to Obama's 50 state strategy helping down ticket dems--Obama will be helped by downticket races, and/or Mccain is going to be hurt by unpopular republicans down ticket.
Obama campaign manager David Plouffe outlined several alternatives to reaching the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House that runs counter to the conventional wisdom of recent elections.Plouffe and his aides are weighing where to contest, and where chances are too slim to marshal a large effort. A win in Virginia (13 electoral votes) or Georgia (15 votes) could give Obama a shot if he, like Kerry, loses Ohio or Florida.
Plouffe also has been touting Obama's appeal in once Republican-leaning states where Democrats have made gains in recent gubernatorial and congressional races, such as Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Montana, Alaska and North Dakota.
Forbes Mag
States like Georgia, North Carolina, Mississippi, and Louisiana have large pools of unregistered black voters
In some battleground states the Jewish vote could be key. Which may elevate the importance of Iran and the "Obama is a muslim" nonsense.
"If it turns out to be a close election, the Jewish vote could make the difference," said M.J. Rosenberg, director of policy with the Israel Policy Forum, a liberal think tank.
Rosenberg and other Jewish leaders say the Jewish vote could make a difference in Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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Alaska
the Repugnant incumbant is involved in a bribery scandal so Obama may actually benifit up ticket
ARIZONA
Regestration for both Dems and Independants is up
State Republicans don't like Mccain on immigration
Mccain's home state
COLORADO
Democratic convention in Denver.
elected a dem. gov. in 2006
Georgia
black voters
Barr as their Nader
Iowa
Obama is from right next door
Obama started building his campaign there for the first caucus.
Mccain didn't participate in caucuses there
Michigan
Democratic primary fiasco
but on the bright side, Romney did win there
An overview of Michigan by Chris Palko (right wing view)
Minnesota
Republican convention will be there. Been blue for last bunch of elections.
Jesse Ventura might run as an independant
Mississippi
Black vote
lousy economy
Missouri
Nevada
New hampshire
Mccain has always campaigned hard here during the primaries
North Carolina
Bob Barr is on the ballot
lots of unregistered black voters
Ohio
hopeful analysis
Matt Hurley's analysis of Ohio
(right wing view)
Virginia:
Governor Mark Warner is probably going to run for Senate
538's battleground states analysis