Here’s a little supplement to my previous post.  The McCain campaign has made it very clear that victory runs through PA.  So in the spirit of understanding their thought process I used DailyKos’s beta version of their electoral scoreboard, which looks like it’s going to be really sweet come Tuesday.  Here it is:

I made this by flipping PA red, and then sequentially flipping states in order of their Pollster.com averages until McCain hit 270.  Here’s the list of states and their margins, that McCain has to win on Tuesday in order to be successful withe his PA strategy:  MT (M +3.3), GA (M +2.2), IN (M +0.6), NC (O +1.8), MO (O +1.9), FL (O +2.7), ND (O +3.1), NV (O +5.9), OH (O +6.3), PA (O +9.3).

That’s a full blown sweep of the current toss-up states, as well as what would be a few surprising pick-ups in NV and OH.  But the most surprising element of all would be the keystone (haha) of this entire strategy: PA.

McCain has not led there pretty much ever. And the trend is by no means moving swiftly enough in his direction. Let’s call this what it is: a hail mary.

Tags: election, John McCain, politics, polls

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