This is my last Diary before I get on a plane this morning to fly to a battleground state to serve in The Obama Campaign's Voter Protection Program.
I am proud to serve and help ensure everyone can enjoy their right to vote free from intimidation. But before I go, I want to point out something that is relatively obvious:
The Obama team is setting up the board for a Landslide.
Anyone following the elections, and especially the polling composites such as Pollster.com or Nate Silver's fivethirtyeight.com, has known for the past three weeks that McCain's closing strategy involves an attempts to bring Pennsylvania into his win column.
There is simply no other easy way to scrap together enough electoral votes for McCain to win. Without Pennsylvania most scenarios show he must win OH, FL, VA, CO, and NV- all states in which Obama is leading in the polls.
With those 21 electoral votes representing McCain's last realistic hope, it is absolutely telling that Barack Obama has made only 3 appearances in Pennsylvaniasince the beginning of October. (McCain has made 18 visits).
Think about this. Without a miracle comeback in ALL the battleground states, McCain has essentially one avenue to victory (Pennsylvania), and the Obama Campaign is secure enough in the polling that they are devoting their resources not to playing defense, but rather to pushing deep into "Red State" territory, including McCain's Home state of Arizona.
Obama has done so well in this campaign that his team has put together a strategy that should allow him to get elected EVEN IF HE LOSES PENNSYLVANIA. But if he does not lose Pennsylvania, his relentless offense is aimed at "running up the score".
Make No Mistake, Obama is seeking a Mandate. He is poised to wipe out the last 20 years of GOP electoral gains. If turnout happens at the predicted levels, we are on the precipice of a potentially huge victory. I now have to go get on a plane. I hope every one of you will continue doing your part to put Democrats across the Finish Line. Only 36 hour now....