patterico.com - 8/24/2008
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[Posted by WLS]
By not playing gender or geographical politics with his selection, Obama has given McCain the opportunity to do so.
If you look at the election map, it pretty much looks like the finish of the Bush-Kerry race, with only a couple of potential switches.
But, if McCain picks Romney, I think he cements two states that will make it very difficult for Obama to find a path to ...
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... . The more likely pick for McCain is former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R), who could help in his native state of Michigan and in Nevada, which has a large population of Mormons, writes Patterico . McCain is risking "hyperinflation" by again turning to his experience as a prisoner of the Vietnamese in response to Biden's crack about the Republican's seven kitchen tables, writes TPM Election Central's ...
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