Here is a better one
http://www.dailykos.com/
Updated after the VP debate.
McCain's end strategy by kos Fri Oct 03, 2008 at 08:00:04 AM PDTIt's weak.
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) now must win Pennsylvania, Wisconsin or Minnesota in order to get enough electoral votes to win the presidency, his campaign says.
Those were considered swing states in 2000 and 2004, but George W. Bush lost them both times.
"Our ability to pick off one of those three states is where our fortunes are largely held," a McCain official said. "These are states where Barack Obama is on the defense."
McCain's political director, Mike DuHaime, told reporters on a conference call three hours before debate time that the campaign plans an "aggressive" front in Maine, a solidly Democratic state that gets virtually no attention in presidential races.
The sudden attention to Maine, which is getting some of the staff McCain is moving out of Michigan, reflects what a squeaker McCain expects.
Maine is not a winner-take-all state (the only other one that splits its electoral vote is Nebraska). And McCain aides, perhaps optimistically, are suggesting he can win one electoral vote by picking up one of the Pine Tree State’s two congressional districts.
This is where things are today:
State EVs Poll Total EVs Safe Obama states 193
NM 5 O+7.1 202 WI 10 O+6.1 212 MN 10 O+5.1 222 PA 21 O+4.4 243 MI 17 O+4.5 260 CO 9 O+1.8 269 NH 4 O+1.8 273 FL 27 O+1.1 300 VA 13 O+0.9 313 OH 20 O+0.2 333
NV 5 M+1.5 205 NC 15 M+2.5 200 IN 11 M+2.2 185 MO 11 M+3.4 174 WV 5 M+4.6 163
Safe McCain states 158
Total: Obama 333, McCain 205
Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Minnesota are even further away for McCain than Michigan was. And really, he's going to waste time and money trying to pick off one of Maine's EVs?
His fate lies in holding every Bush state beyond New Mexico and Iowa, which he's already lost. The more he wastes time and money elsewhere, the easier our task.
McSame is rapidly becoming McNothing
Telcoman
Modified by telcoman at 9:42 AM 10/3/2008