The king of the Democratic hacks just won’t go away?
Seriously, I watch him talk and my skin crawls. The guy is so oily that just reading this story makes me want to go take a shower.
Ugh…
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe signed papers Monday signaling a possible run for [...]

That’s right. Fox News.
They’ve actually been very aggressive tonight.
However…I’m not so sure. I think they could be right, but it’s a bit too early for this call.
Still, it wouldn’t surprise me.

Again, via Hotline…
- Obama leading men by 6% and women by 12%
- African-American turnout is 21% — unchanged from ‘04
- 90% of voters think the economy is not so good/poor — a group breaking 56-43% in Obama’s favor
- McCain leading 59-38% among white men and 57-43% among white women
More as it develops…

And actually, just to give you a preview of my election night prediction…this is pretty close to what I’m thinking.
First, the Obama leads…
Florida: Obama +2
Obama: 47%
McCain: 45%
Virginia: Obama +3
Obama: 47%
McCain: 44%
Pennsylvania: Obama +4
Obama: 47%
McCain: 43%
Nevada: Obama +4
Obama: 47%
McCain: 43%
Colorado Obama +5
Obama: 49%
McCain: 44%

And then, the McCain leads…
Missouri: McCain +1
McCain: 47%
Obama: 46%
Ohio: McCain +2
McCain: 47%
Obama: 45%
North [...]

The poll of polls reveals Obama holding steady.
Colorado…
CNN’s new Colorado Poll of Polls shows Obama leading McCain by 6 points 51% to 45%; The last Colorado Poll of Polls –- released Saturday –- showed Obama leading McCain by 7 points.
Florida…
An average of polls conducted in battleground Florida, shows Obama leading McCain by 4 points, 49% [...]

The big news here is that Colorado is really starting to turn blue, and nearly every news organization has changed it to lean Obama.
Because while wins in Georgia and Missouri would be nice, Obama doesn’t need them. But he does need wins in Colorado, Virginia and Nevada if he doesn’t want to worry about Ohio, [...]

Good signs on the state level (.pdf), even if Obama’s numbers are slipping a bit nationally in the past couple days.
Colorado: Obama +9
Obama: 50%
McCain: 41%
Florida: Obama + 2
Obama: 45%
McCain: 43%
Nevada: Obama +12
Obama: 52%
McCain: 40%
New Hampshire: Obama +18
Obama: 55%
McCain: 37%
North Carolina: Obama +2
Obama: 48%
McCain: 46%
Ohio: Obama +7
Obama: 48%
McCain: 41%
Pennsylvania: Obama +12
Obama: 52%
McCain: 40%
Virginia: Obama + 7
Obama: [...]

Obama - 52%
McCain - 43%
Want to know how stable Obama’s lead is at this point? Look no further than Virginia. Public Policy Polling ran the numbers back in the early part of October at the numbers were 51 to 43 in favor of Obama.
Virginia’s going blue this election. Count on it.
Some demographic highlights…

He leads 48 [...]

The only good news here for McCain is that West Virginia is still in his corner. Still, that’s only a single digit lead and these are all states that Bush carried in 2004.
Nevada: +5 Obama
Obama 51%
McCain 46%
North Carolina: +4 Obama
Obama 51%
McCain 47%
Ohio: +4 Obama
Obama 50%
McCain 46%
Virginia: +10 Obama
Obama 54%
McCain 44%
West Virginia: +9 McCain
McCain 53%
Obama 44%
Earlier [...]

I wonder how a third of the voting population would react to the McCain’s Nancy Pfotenhauer characterizing them as basically “fake” Virginians.

And even given the chance to take it back, she didn’t? No wonder Virginia’s turning blue this year.
I can’t wait for Doug to weigh in on this.

Not much change from last week to this week, so the story is essentially that Obama’s numbers are holding steady in these key battleground states with 21 days left.
Florida
Obama 51, McCain 46
Week ago: Obama 52, McCain 45)
Missouri
Obama 50, McCain 47
Last week: Obama 50, McCain 47
North Carolina
Obama 48, McCain 48
Last week: Obama 49, McCain 48
Ohio
Obama 49, [...]

I’ve been posting a lot recently about the various attempts to paint Obama as foreigner, a muslim, of Arab decent, a friend of terrorists and a terrorist himself.
Well, now this is the first (to my knowledge) that explicitly involves a high ranking member of the GOP, at least at the state level.
From TIME:
“We haven’t [...]

Virginia for the first time in 40 years is up for grabs.

SurveyUSA shows that Virginia is likely to go blue…

Q: Which candidate for President do you think will do a better job handling the economy? John McCain? Or Barack Obama?
A: McCain 35% Obama 57%

Q: Which candidate for President do you think will do a better job handling the situation in Iraq?
A: McCain 41% Obama 52%

Q: Which [...]

I’ll let the numbers speak for themselves…
Colorado
Obama: 51
McCain: 45
Florida
Obama: 52
McCain: 45
Missouri
Obama: 50
McCain: 47
Ohio
McCain: 48
Obama: 47
Virginia
Obama: 50
McCain: 48

Earlier I shared some electoral projections that hinted at an Obama blowout, and now I have two sets of swing state polls that provide even more good news for his camp.
The key here is that Obama has crossed the 50% threshold in most of these polls with just a little more than a month [...]

Because of bi-partisanship like this…
You know, I spent 20 years in business. If you ran a company whose only strategy was to tear down the competition, it wouldn’t last long. So why is this wisdom so hard to find in Washington? I know we’re at the Democratic Convention, but if an idea works, it really [...]

Barack Obama’s campaign has announced that former Virginia governor and current senate candidate Mark Warner will deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, August 26, the convention’s second night.
Not a bad grab for Warner. The keynote spot has been known to advance the careers of other politicians in recent memory. Also, [...]

Well, first off…he keeps on talking…
There has been a long list. It seems to be getting shorter. And I’m still being mentioned. A lot can change day-to-day. But we’ll see.
…and talking…
Kaine insisted that he has “no hints about timing” for the veep rollout, whoever the choice may be. But he doesn’t seem to mind the [...]

Note: I posted this yesterday, but didn’t realize that half the story didn’t show up. Yikes! My apologies. Reposted!
First I reported about Obama’s big push in Missouri, then I talked about a renewed push in Iowa.
Today, I read about a similar move in Virginia.
From TPM:
The Obama campaign plans to open 20 new field offices in [...]