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Top-Line Numbers

July 30, 2008
The Cook Political Report currently sees the Presidential contest as a Toss Up. Obama currently has a 240 to 174 Electoral vote edge, with 124 Electoral votes in the Toss Up column. 270 are needed to win.

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Updates

GOP Needs VP Pick Who Changes Game

August 28, 2008
You can always count on James Carville for a good line. The conventional wisdom among Republican strategists and activists has been that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney would be Sen. John McCain's choice for his running mate. That speculation has set the Ragin' Cajun up for another one.
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Latinos May Need More Convincing From Obama

August 27, 2008
Polls are showing the presidential general election race tightening. The Gallup nightly tracking poll released on Tuesday afternoon had Republican Sen. John McCain edging 2 points ahead of Democratic Sen. Barack Obama. Most of the other highly reliable surveys, including a separate Gallup/USA Today poll taken late last week, still show Obama ahead by 3 or 4 points.
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With Die-Hard Following, Hillary Must Lead

August 26, 2008
Having grown up in the South in the 1960s, I vividly remember that during the Civil War's centennial years a few diehard Confederate sympathizers just refused to get over the fact that the war was long past and it was time to move on.
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Race Charts

Presidential EV Scorecard
A look at the current Electoral College outlook for the 2008 race.

More Presidential Charts

Dashboard

DEM

REP

State Breakdown

19

31

Electoral Votes

535

249

286

Solid Dem.

150

 
Likely Dem.

33

 
Lean Dem.

52

5
Toss Up

124

Lean Rep.  

17

Likely Rep.  

27

Solid Rep.  

130