MAINE-McCain abandons Mich. to *maybe* get ONE vote in Maine

[underpants]

ST. LOUIS — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) now must win Pennsylvania, Wisconsin or Minnesota in order to get enough electoral votes to win the presidency, his campaign says.

Maine is not a winner-take-all state (the only other one that splits its electoral vote is Nebraska). And McCain aides, perhaps optimistically, are suggesting he can win one electoral vote by picking up one of the Pine Tree State’s two congressional districts.

The Maine congressional district McCain is eying is the larger, northern one, the 2nd District, which covers most of the state and is held by Democratic Rep. Michael H. Michaud.

McCain has very limited ways to win, with no room for error. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) still has many routes to the White House and so can afford to campaign on a much broader playing field.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14226.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. He won't get Minnesota.

[underpants]

3. Down 11 in latest poll in Minn

Doesn't look likely

[amborin]

2. posted this

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