Battleground: Narrow-victory scenario

The New York Times : “Confronting an increasingly bleak electoral map, top aides to Senator John McCain said Thursday that they were searching for a ‘narrow-victory scenario’ and would focus in the final weeks on a dwindling number of states, using mailings, telephone calls and television advertisements to try to tear away support from Senator Barack Obama… ‘The scenario for winning for us is a narrow-victory scenario,’ [McCain strategist Steve] Schmidt said. ‘The fact that we’re in the race at all — within striking distance with a 5 percent right track — is a miracle. Because the environment is so bad and the head wind is so strong.’” Also in the story, Obama manager David Plouffe says that -- outside of Iowa and New Mexico -- Colorado and Virginia are the two states he believes “that Mr. Obama had the best chance of pulling from the Republican column.” Plouffe also says that they’re eyeing West Virginia. COLORADO : Democrats now outnumber Republicans in Arapahoe County in this state, ... (link)