two states

(. . . in two states, at least).

In a close election, where the electoral vote count matters, two states could play a defining role — and they are not the ones you normally hear about:

This is not new news, but when one sees it in print, it really is sad. Unless you are a white male living in certain states, you probably aren’t getting the best health care.

Much has been made about Obama's trouble with Appalachia, so it looks like he'll kick off his campaign in Bristol:

Barack Obama kicks off his general election campaign in an unlikely place: Bristol, Virginia.

James Carville hints that the fight may indeed go to the Convention. Carville also observes that the dirty Obama campaign trick of pushing the beyond-the-pale assassination story was not exactly a winning strategy for unifying the party or winning over Hillary's supporters!

At least in her mind. 
BOCA RATON, Fla. - Hillary Clinton compared her effort to seat Florida and Michigan delegates to epic American struggles, including those to free the slaves and win the right to vote for blacks and women.
The current stalemate over the two states’ primary votes threatens to replicate the disputed 2000 presidential election [...]

While I am rather pleased to see the Democrats take their nomination fight all the way to Denver, here's a little moral support for keeping out the Florida and Michigan primary results.

From the New York Times:

If I were a blogger I would do a piece on this, pointing out how it is a prime example of how large donors expect something in return for their money.

They explicitly state that in the last paragraph of the letter: