John, if you wake me up before 11 on the weekends I will start eyeing Barry for pres.

Washington is only leaning toward blue? Is that because dead people can't vote in King County anymore?

Um yea, that's because us "Michiganders" see through the female VP bullcrap. After all, our Governess is a woman (hence "Governess"). Besides, we know that you won't get anywhere in a state where the big businesses screwed the population over by exporting all the jobs, and you support those institutions.

I can't believe Minnesota is a toss up. It's been such a Dem state. But big into hockey...

And I just read that polls in Ohio, Florida and even North Carolina were leaning toward Obama/Biden.

That makes the map pretty blue.

Crazy! But the election is not today and anything can happen out on the trail, in the world and at the debates.

So who knows?

The Obama electoral strategy is showing itself to be brilliant thus far. Doesn't hurt that his campaign and platform are much more in tune with the times.

He's going to have some trouble with Nevada. Our state is increasingly leaning towards Obama already especially after the first two Palin interviews. Nevada quickly swung left after her second interview.

Can we all vote tomorrow? Please?!

LMAO Wren "big into hockey"

naw-naw-naw-naw -- naw-naw-naw-naw -- HEY-HEY-HEY -- GOODBYE!!!!

Rumor has it West Virginy is getting greyer and slightly bluer everyday

there is no way NC will be going blue, i read an article last week where the spread was 10 pts

i can't ever figure out how that all works. thank goodness he employs analysts on his team to figure out where it's better to shift money and all that.

Florida better not f*ck up, seriously.

Wade, I was reading this a.m. that the McCain team in Florida just held a panic meeting and they're bringing Palin in this weekend.

That's what I like to hear, good looking out Stephley.

oh please... a panic meeting?

yes, i'm sure thats 100% factual.

LOL none of use can be believing that any of this polling/maps are a predictor to what will occur on Nov 4th/5th? I'm waiting to see the real results...I don't trust these polls and I don't trust the people who take them to actually do what they say they are going to do in the voting both.

Oh no.. there is too much time to panic..

What they need is a spa day.

McCain needs someone to loosen him up, remove the stick from his ass and slip some Sam-E into all of his beverages. While Palin gets coached how to not turn into a caricature of herself and stick to the talking points in some really concise controlled interviews by Fox News only that are only conducted on her extreme right side profile to hide all her winking. gee willee gollackers, doggone it.. you betcha powpow .

And they can win back some states.

Is good ol Jeb still in control down there in Florida? Someone needs to keep an eye on him

Sure maybe the Pubs will steal Florida, the Dems are already stealing Ohio, so it will be a wash....

EXACTLY hausfrau.. its an election piracy!! ARRRRRR! We will hold Michigan for ransom till you give us the Floridians and Ohio to boot!

I'm painting Florida RED

I'd actually take Jeb over this fool we got now, Charlie Greasy Christ. This dude is a joke, I hate him.

I had to lol at the people from Mich. calling their female governor a governess! When I think governess, I think of Mary Poppins, not a woman ruling a state.

No no... I don't want the Pubs getting Florida. This is my sh*t, this is my state I'm in control of this motherf*cker. I will lend Florida to the Dems. in order to elect Obama. I'm just schooling you guys on the government down here. Cause that's how the pimps do it down in Florida.

St. Petersburg Times
October 2, 2008

TALLAHASSEE — Florida Republican leaders hastily convened a top secret meeting this week to grapple with Sen. John McCain's sagging performance in this must-win state.

Their fears were confirmed Wednesday when four new polls showed Sen. Barack Obama leading, a reversal from just a few weeks ago when McCain was opening up an advantage.

The polls come amid a cascade of bad news about the economy, an issue that McCain has struggled with in recent days.

With some grass roots organizers complaining about coordination problems with the campaign, Republican Party chairman Jim Greer gathered top officials at the state headquarters in Tallahassee on Tuesday afternoon. He swore the group to secrecy.

When asked about it by the St. Petersburg Times, Greer confirmed the meeting. He largely declined to discuss what was said, but sought to play down any strife.

Over the course of an hour, described by some as tense, Greer offered a forceful assessment of where McCain stands in Florida and what needs to be done to win in a battleground state that could decide the election.

"I have a responsibility to make sure things are done right, and we win these campaigns," Greer said. "I'm sure everyone in the room understands that I take that responsibility very seriously."

Top secret meeting...... uh oh, that means trouble.

ok, maybe i'm just stating the obvious...

"He largely declined to discuss what was said"

and then "Over the course of an hour, described by some as tense..."

Ok, if he doesn't say what was said, then how do they know exactly what was said?

furthermore, if the group was sworn to secrecy, how do we know any of this is true?

its like all those "secret" meetings bush has.... only no one knows when it is/was or what was said... but they know they happen!!!

haha!

I have met Charlie Crist many many times, and he is a smarmy smiley tan MF'er.

Exactly he's greasy as hell. Fool was still living w/ his parents when he got elected.

No surprises that my home state (AK) looks like the reddest spot on the map. I am surprised that WA is only leaning towards blue, but then again, I've never lived anywhere but liberal Seattle. I don't know the rest of the state stacks up.

Wow I cannot believe my home state of Indiana is leaning. It has been years since my state has voted any presidential election other than Republican. Yet the border state of Kentucky is confirmed Red? Kentucky has been known in the past to vote Dem when compared to Indiana. I mean they both usually vote Republican but Indiana has done it more.

That is why this map doesn't make sense to me. And I have heard grumblings that Kentucky may not be voting Red like they think. Not that any of this matters much since IN/KY electoral votes are not up there in numbers. But every little bit counts.

"smarmy smiley tan MF'er"

Secret meetings leak like sieves Haus, everybody wants to make sure their take on things gets out.

If thats the case then why would the McCain camp paint it as panic?

i think all the states should be purple

Just guessing Haus, but if I work on a campaign and it looks like we're losing an important state, I want to make sure it looks like someone else's fault - so I might suggest to a reporter that someone I'm working with is in panic mode. It's not as if these guys move as a group from campaign to campaign, in either party.

I don't get the numbers. Why is Minn. grey if Obama is up by 11 points?

I love fivethirtyeight.com

Toss Up states sound so pervy. I like it.

TS - I think grey means battleground states in general, those that don't consistently vote one way or the other and have the potential to go either way. Someone might be up 10 pts today, but tomorrow that could be another story... if you check out Yahoo! Politics they have a political dashboard thats pretty cool because you can select a state and a day to see what the poll was for that day... there are some states where someone was up 10pts last week and now its neck and neck.

I don't think so, haus, because Ohio is typically a battleground state, and it is blue, same with Penn. and Mich.

It feels so good to VA in play. My more conservative neighbor has been leaning purple for a while now. MD is always true blue.

I don't care what the polls say. Almost any state could switch colors in the weeks to come. Get ready for an October surprise!

Washington state is "leaning"? Are you kidding? Aren't we always blue?