Barack Obama now leads in four states won by President Bush in 2004 and is essentially tied with John McCain in two other Republican red states, according to new AP-GfK battleground polling.
The results help explain why the Democrat is pressing his money and manpower advantages in a slew of traditionally GOP states, hoping not just for a win but a transcendent victory that remakes the nation's political map. McCain is scrambling to defend states where he wouldn't even be campaigning if the race were closer.
Less than a week before Election Day, the AP-GfK polls show Obama winning among early voters, favored on almost every issue, benefiting from the country's sour mood and widely viewed as the winning candidate by voters in eight crucial states — Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
"If you believe in miracles," said GOP consultant Joe Gaylord of Arlington, Va., "you still believe in McCain."
It is hard not to be very excited and gratified by these numbers.
But we must not get complacent.
This thing is not over yet.
So if you have not voted yet, and your state allows early voting, then get out and vote today!
And if you are a young voter between 18-24 you should know that much of the reason that the McCain campaign is still having any confidence is that historically your demographic does NOT turn up at the polls in large number. So even though there are more young voters registered, then ANY OTHER TIME IN HISTORY, the Republicans are counting on you to be too lazy or distracted to make it to the polls. So my young friends, PROVE THEM WRONG!
Vote like your life depends on it! Because in many ways it does.
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