swing states

The Other McCain thinks the Barack Obama campaign may be making a mistake by not focusing their resources on the battleground states:

Brendan Loy points out that, in a close Presidential vote, the preferences of Arab-Americans may be crucial — and bad news for John McCain:

Jeff Woods attempts to explain why Tennessee seems to be impervious to the Democratic wave sweeping the nation:

Democrats are hoping Dixie isn't so solid anymore for Republicans, and Barack Obama sees Southern states as possible November battlegrounds. As USA Today reports:

Okay, old news, but Joan Walsh seems to think that any outrage over Clinton’s comments is manufactured:

Regarding Tuesday's Democrat primaries in North Carolina and Indiana: Barack Obama won another state in which he has virtually chance to defeat John McCain to win in November, while Hilary Clinton wins another swing state. North Carolina was won twice by Reagan, twice by the first George Bush, twice by the second George Bush, and even by Bob Dole in 1996.

No, seriously.  The DNC has begun with advertisements the same week the AFL-CIO and other have dropped anti-McCain mail in several swing states.  This is one of the first mailers by the DNC ramped up communications shop.

The Democratic primary is set to continue for a few more bruising weeks

Brendan Loy argues that if Barack Obama gets the Democratic nomination his electoral strengths may lead him to win the popular vote going away yet still lose the electoral college: