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Battleground: Great (Lakes) expectations

 

Published 8/21/2008 by Mark Murray at First Read

The AP curtain-raises what it dubs the "Great Lakes" region. "The GOP presidential candidate is mounting strong challenges to Democratic rival Barack Obama in Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, and eyeing Minnesota -- four states that have thwarted Republicans in at least four straight elections. The Arizona senator is also fighting to hang on to Ohio, a bellwether that President Bush won twice." Meanwhile, Obama is fighting to turn Indiana.PENNSYLVANIA: The New York Times interviews voters in...( read more ) (link)

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