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AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: CNN's John King: McCain insider says New Mexico, Iowa and Colorado (yes, Colorado) are "gone"
Obama Money May Flow to Democratic Committees
Swing State Project —
I hate to sound like I'm starting to do a victory dance about five yards shy of the end zone, but for practical purposes, the presidential race is all but over. (John King from CNN just reported that the McCain campaign has more or less ruled out the possibility of winning Colorado along with Iowa and New Mexico, which is tantamount to ruling out the possibility of winning the election. King reports Team McCain's considers its last hope to be a triple-bank-shot approach of holding all the other battleground states and somehow picking up Pennsylvania.) ...
McCain camp pushes back on report they're losing hope in CO
Jonathan Martin's Blog —
... John McCain's campaign tonight sought to tamp down a report by CNN's John King that they're looking for a path to victory that doesn't include Iowa, New Mexico and Colorado -- all states won by President Bush in 2004. ...
CNN's John King: McCain insider says New Mexico, Iowa and Colorado (yes, Colorado) are "gone"
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
This is a very revealing bit of news from CNN Chief National Correspondent John King (we've heard repeatedly that John King is a big fan of John McCain, which heightens our interest in this news). ...
McCain Denies He's Giving Up on Colorado
TalkLeft —
... CNN's John King reported earlier the McCain campaign had decided to give up on Colorado to focus on Pennsylvania and other big states. ...
McCain Going for Pennsylvania
PoliGazette —
... CNN reported
Tuesday that the McCain campaign was considering giving up on Colorado, a state that has not supported a Democrat in presidential elections in over 20 years. McCain is down 5% in the latest Colorado polls, which is indeed quite some, but which should not be considered unovercomable. ...
McCain Seeking Way To Win Without Winning
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
by Jesse Taylor
McCain is giving up on Colorado, and is instead focusing on Pennsylvania.
Barack Obama is up an average of 11 in Pennsylvania.
This means one of two things: either John McCain plans to go full-out Reverend Wright for the next two weeks (in which case it’ll actually be for about two days after the McCain campaign spends the next week mumbling about it, releases a web ad, and then McCain is forced to back off it after someone at a rally yells, “Burn a cross, see what he thinks about that!"), or McCain is ...
Election Central Morning Roundup
TPM Election Central —
... CNN reports that the McCain campaign is increasingly viewing Colorado as a goner for them -- even as they dispatched Sarah Palin there yesterday for a full day of campaigning -- and are looking at a way to win the Electoral College by snatching a Kerry state away from Obama. The strategy is now relying heavily on Pennsylvania, where Obama is ahead in the polls by around ten points. ...
Has McCain given up on Colorado?
The Reaction —
... , and now it looks like McCain's giving up on Colorado, too. As CNN's John "Magic Board" King is reporting, the McCain campaign is "looking for a way to win without Colorado." ...
Media Scandal: CNN Tries to Suppress Colorado Vote(?) As Palin Sets Attendance Records
Gateway Pundit —
CNN reported yesterday incorrectly that the McCain Camp is ceding Colorado to Marxisant radical Barack Obama. The report by CNN on the Colorado election was not true. And, it came at the wrong time... A Sarah Palin and Joe the Plumber supporter in Grand Junction, Colorado on Monday. (AP /David Zalubowski) CNN published this bogus report as VP Candidate Sarah Palin was setting all-time attendance ...
Two Weeks Left: Go North, Old Man!
The Stump —
... This comes on the heels of the McCain camp's dawning realization that Colorado, New Mexico, and Iowa are basically lost cause--which would mean their only path to victory is to pick up a 2004 blue state. Right now Pennsylvania seems to be their longshot flea-flicker play. ...
A preview of Nov. 5?
pandagon.net - we are the public option —
... Let’s hope so; we already expect the Republicans to try to steal the election, so holding one’s breath is a given, even with a campaign ...
27 States in Recession
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
... In terms of political implications, it can’t help McCain that most of his “must win” states (Ohio, NC, Florida) are in recession. Colorado, a red state likely to turn blue is in expansion, but that appears not to be helping him, as CNN reports: McCain camp looking for way to win without Colorado> ...
Retreat, Retreat, Retreat
Oliver Willis —
... McCain campaign trying to figure a way to win without Colorado. The problem is, there really is not a way for them to win without Colorado. ...
McCain's PA Strategy, Reconsidered
The Stump —
... The go-north strategy assumes McCain thinks he can hold Virginia. But, even though VA wasn't named in yesterday's CNN story about states a least one McCain insider considers "gone," that's looking awfully ...
Iowa GOP Spokesman: State "Still In Play," McCain Should Not Withdraw
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... "While Iowa, New Mexico and Colorado are still officially listed as McCain target states, two top strategists and advisers tell CNN that the situation in those states looks increasingly bleak," CNN's John King reported Monday night. ...
Iowa GOP Spokesman: State "Still In Play," McCain Should Not Withdraw
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... "While Iowa, New Mexico and Colorado are still officially listed as McCain target states, two top strategists and advisers tell CNN that the situation in those states looks increasingly bleak," CNN's John King reported Monday night. ...
Tuesday's campaign round-up
Political Animal —
... in Lake Worth, Fla., this afternoon, featuring governors, business leaders, and economic experts. * CNN reported that the McCain campaign is effectively giving up on Iowa, New Mexico, and Colorado -- all "red" states -- but McCain aides ...
Chuck Todd: McCain's Got No Ground Game (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... agreed, adding that Democrats were already doing better in early voting, based on ballot requests. "The ground game, it is just absent from the McCain campaign ... At this point, the only state that I feel good about for McCain is Ohio." He posited that McCain could win that state but lose the election, which would be "very frustrating to Republicans."
Read more about McCain's failures in Florida here, and about the campaign's pessimistic outlook on Colorado here.
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Chuck Todd: McCain's Got No Ground Game (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... agreed, adding that Democrats were already doing better in early voting, based on ballot requests. "The ground game, it is just absent from the McCain campaign ... At this point, the only state that I feel good about for McCain is Ohio." He posited that McCain could win that state but lose the election, which would be "very frustrating to Republicans."
Read more about McCain's failures in Florida here, and about the campaign's pessimistic outlook on Colorado here.
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McCain going for broke in Pennsylvania?
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... . If you give Maverick every last toss-up state (in gray), he’s still behind 286-252. Your task: Flip 18 EVs from blue to red, then scroll down for my take. [image] He could do it by taking Virginia and Colorado, but (a) Colorado may or ...
Simon Rosenberg: Are the Polls Tightening?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Surveying all the main sites - Real Clear Politics, fivethirtyeight, Pollster.com - and DemFromCT's always excellent early morning analysis - there is no evidence of sustained movement to McCain, or any major change in the fundamental dynamic in the race. The averages have it six points today 49-43, and if anything, the news from the states just got a whole lot worse for McCain, as his campaign now admits with CO, IA, NM and VA slipping away, that their map is essentially impossible. Obama's number - the important one to watch - is holding steady in most polls at 49-51. As I ...
McCain Continues Retreating In Three States
The Democratic Daily —
... With news broke by CNN’s John King, CNN’s chief national news corespondent, reports on the CNN Political Ticker that, Colorado is “gone,” said King’s source. ...
McCain Brings Hope to Pennsylvania
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
There had been some pushback from McCain operatives about whether the Republican in fact intended to concede Colorado, as CNN had reported yesterday. In politics, however, money speaks louder than words, and the New York Times is ...
