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qando.net - 10/27/2008
Is Georgia in Play?
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A nd this time, I don’t mean the Republic of Georgia. The Obama campaign certainly seems to think so (and polls show the race here tightening considerably). David Knowles reports: Early voting is proving a huge asset to Obama. It remains to be seen whether these lines will continue in ...

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insideradvantagegeorgia.com - 10/24/2008
Bill Shipp's Georgia from InsiderAdvantage
— insideradvantagegeorgia.com — Senate Race, Presidential Race Both Toss-Ups In Georgia (10/24/08) A new InsiderAdvantage / Poll Position survey shows Georgia is a toss-up state in both the U.S. Senate and presidential campaigns. In the presidential race, Barack Obama has a slight ... (more) Bill Shipp's Georgia from InsiderAdvantage

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blog.nielsen.com - 10/20/2008
Nielsen Wire » Politics
— blog.nielsen.com — For McCain, A Start-Of-The-Week, Swing State Ad Surge Yesterday Sen. John McCain boosted his TV advertising units in seven key swing states — Colorado , Florida , Georgia , Missouri , Ohio , Pennsylvania , and Virginia , closing the gap between his ... (more) Nielsen Wire » Politics

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Today's Polls, 10/28
fivethirtyeight.com - 10/29/2008
Today's Polls, 10/28
— fivethirtyeight.com — Stop me if you've heard this one before. Although the national trackers look slightly stronger for John McCain than they did a couple days ago, Barack Obama once again had an exceptionally good day in the state-level numbers. To review the national ... (more) Today's Polls, 10/28

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Polls Wrong! Obama Losing!
Outside The Beltway | OTB — ... . McCain isn’t even pretending to campaign there. Early voters are a small, self-selected sample of the universe of voters.  Their behavior can’t easily be extrapolated to Election Day outcomes. As Bruce McQuain notes, there’s a real possibility that McCain will lose Georgia .  My guess is that he won’t and will in fact retain most of the Bush states from 2000 and 2004 that are currently polling close.  There’s the ever-so-slight possibility that he’ll win in Pennsylvania — which Al Gore and John Kerry won the last two times out — and make it very interesting.   But there ...

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