Friday, October 31, 2008

Sign of the Times: McCain to Hit Arizona

In what is a sad barometer of the state of John McCain's campaign, the Arizona Senator will be spending Monday campaigning in his homestate. This is in response to a smattering of polls in the last week showing the race in his state surprisingly tight. I realize that McCain, like Obama will end in his homestate on election day, but that he is campaigning there Monday is very telling. Conversely, it appears that Obama will be spending Monday in Florida, North Carolina, and Virgina.

In you are interested, here is what the recent Arizona polls have found:

46-44 McCain (Arizona State, 10/23-10/26)
*49-41 McCain (North. Arizona Univ., 10/18-10/27)
51-46 McCain (Rasmussen, 10/26)
53-46 McCain (CNN/Time, 10/23-10/28)
48-44 McCain (NBC/Mason-Dixon, 10/27-10/28)

Barack Obama is not going to win Arizona. But the fact that he is polling in the mid-40s and the senior Senator from Arizona is polling no than the low 50s is not a good sign.

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