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McCain camp watching PA, FL, the West

 

Published 11/4/2008 by Domenico Montanaro at First Read

From NBC's Domenico Montanaro McCain -RNC political director Mike DuHaime gave a peek into what the campaign will be watching tonight. In Pennsylvania, he will be watching the Democratic margin in Philadelphia, he told NBC's Chuck Todd on MSNBC today. Kerry won the city by about 412,000 votes. DuHaime said he'll be watching to see if Obama gets to a 500,000 margin, as Democrats hope. If he doesn't, he thinks it could be a good sign for McCain camp and may signify a long night of counting the vote in the Keystone State. He's also watching the margins in the Eastern Pennsylvania Philadelphia suburbs, where Democrats hope to do better than Kerry's margins. Kerry got the third most votes out of any county from Montgomery, northwest of Philadelphia. ...( read more ) (link)

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