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Obama’s 50-State 43-State Strategy
Patterico's Pontifications — [Guest post by DRJ] From commenter Rick Ballard comes this Fox News report that the Obama campaign has stopped advertising in 7 states and may be dropping his 50-state strategy: “Of the seven states — including Alaska, Georgia, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota — Florida and Virginia are considered key battlegrounds this year. Obama’s decision to stop advertising in those states is raising eyebrows. Aides to Obama told FOX News that the changes are related to the convention next week but they wouldn’t discuss the specifics of ...

I told you guys Georgia was not in play.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — The Obama team realizes it too. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign has put the brakes on ads that were running in seven states carried by the GOP in the 2004 presidential election, FOX News has learned. Of the seven states — including Alaska, Georgia, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota — Florida and Virginia are considered key battlegrounds this year. Obama’s decision to stop advertising in those states is raising eyebrows. They say it is related to the convention next week, but I really don't believe that. ...

Remainders: Tease
Ben Smith's Blog — Thrush has a great one from the Arizona archives: McCain used an alias (Smith!) to do work on one of his houses. (Nobody cared in his 1986 race.) Two guys in Arizona discover they own McCain's old house. Obama goes off air in red states, prompting RNC to argue that he lost ground while outspending McCain. Barr compares McCain to dictators from Iran, North Korea.   Usher makes a campaign YouTube appearance. Clinton says we should ask Tony Rodham. A pro-Hillary 527 starts ...

Nuggets (and Open Veepwatch Thread)
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right — If there's any upside to all this waiting, I think we can all agree that it's valuable getting this sneak preview of what it'll be like to live in an America under a potential administration obviously deep in the pockets of Big Text. Hopefully we beat Stewart and Colbert to that joke. Remember, the over-under on the convention bounce is six. McCain's group apparently has settled on a nine point inflation, to +15. Fox News sez: Obama's no longer advertising in AK, FL, GA, MT, NC, ND, VA. Obama’s decision to stop advertising ...

Remainders: The golf cart
Jonathan Martin's Blog — No veep news. None. The dreaded golf cart image makes an appearance in Obama's new ad. Obama suspends ad runs in 7 red states -- including Virginia and Florida (watch to see if he goes back up there after A McCain bundler is responsible for that harsh Ayers ad. David Brooks makes a strong case for Biden (extra points for the Mansfield reference). Two guys in Arizona discover they own McCain's old house. Toby Harnden takes a long look at Obama in Hawaii. Michelle Malkin isn't happy that ...

Obama Campaign Abandons Red States
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Maybe Obama's media gurus read all the free advice I have for them here on the blog. Or maybe they're just finally catching on to the realities of this election. In either case, Obama staffers sacked their 50-state strategy days before the Denver convention and have begun focusing on the states they need to win. ...

Oh, by the way: Obama's cutting and running in Red States.
RedState: Conservative News and Community — I hope that the Democrats weren't emotionally attached to that "50 state strategy" thing. No, really. It diminishes us all when someone's dream is brutally dragged out into the street and shot in the head: Barack Obama’s presidential campaign has put the brakes on ads that were running in seven states carried by the GOP in the 2004 presidential election, FOX News has learned. Of the seven states — including Alaska, Georgia, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota — Florida and Virginia are considered key battlegrounds this year. ...

Obama pulling out of red states
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Barack Obama bragged that he would compete for votes in all 50 states against John McCain, and his fundraising numbers certainly gave the impression that he had the resources to do it.  Yesterday, though, Obama’s campaign abruptly suspended their advertising in several red states , including Georgia, which Team Obama had specifically spotlighted earlier as a possible takeaway: Barack Obama’s presidential campaign has put the brakes on ads that were running in seven states carried by the GOP in the 2004 presidential election, FOX News has learned. Of the seven states — ...

It’s All Coming Down to a Few Key States…
Pajamas Media — ... including social views , of folks in Colorado’s Western Slope run nearly as conservative as those in Utah and Arizona. As Rubin noted, among much else , on the morning of the Sarah Palin selection, “expect to hear a lot about the ‘western’ governor. I would imagine they would send her frequently to Colorado … and the mountain states thought to be in play.” The South is not in play, much to the chagrin of the Obama campaign, who, though it has backtracked recently , continuously insists some of these states can go blue . This is not to ...