GOP contests provisional-ballot issues in Ohio; judge sides with party on observers in NH
Toledo Blade Nov 4, 08 5:33 PM CST
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The Ohio GOP is suing the state over rules concerning provisional ballots, the Toledo Blade reports, in an atmosphere tense enough that Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner has been assigned extra security following death threats. The GOP amended an extant suit to challenge instructions that county boards of election could review ballots. It alleges that such counts “will inevitably result in disparate, county-by-county rules.”
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ANALYSIS
Victory, or close loss,
in Indiana would bode well for Obama
Reuters Nov 3, 08 8:36 AM CST
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What happens early tomorrow night may hint at the final outcome, John Whitesides notes for Reuters. A victory, or close loss, in Indiana—where polls close at 6pm EST and which has gone Republican in every presidential race since 1964—would presage good things for Barack Obama; if John McCain wins by more than 4%, the wait-and-see game starts.
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Undecideds waiting for candidates to provide tell-tale slip-up
Los Angeles Times Oct 31, 08 1:21 PM CDT
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Undecided voters want one thing from John McCain and Barack Obama: a reason to vote for one of them—or not. “I’m waiting for one of them to shoot himself in the leg,” one torn Floridian tells the LA Times. "I just don't trust politicians," says an Ohio auto worker. The 11th-hour deciders last made a difference in 1960, but they could prove vital once again.
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McCain's guest nowhere to be found during first Ohio rally
MSNBC Oct 31, 08 11:10 AM CDT
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The image of John McCain looking for a nowhere-to-be-found Joe the Plumber has surfaced on YouTube and is being forwarded by gleeful Democrats, notes MSNBC's First Read blog. “Joe’s with us here," McCain said at an Ohio rally yesterday. "Joe, where are you?," he asked, looking around. "Where is Joe? Joe, I thought you were here today."
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Obama leads, but both teams are playing hardball
Salon Oct 31, 08 10:16 AM CDT
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Barack Obama has led in the last 11 Ohio polls, but the battle for the all-important state is intensifying as Republicans make a last-minute get-out-the-vote sweep. Early voting has leaned Obama’s way, but Republicans—who don't see a clear path to the White House without victory here—say that means little. Salon and the Wall Street Journal look at the battle for Ohio.
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State's use of provisional ballots portends court battles
New York Times Oct 31, 08 6:33 AM CDT
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Four years ago Ohio delivered the presidency to George W Bush over John Kerry, and in 2008 the Buckeye State may again prove decisive. Both camps have legal teams to contest the results of the Ohio vote, which could be compromised by a host of snags: faulty electronic machines, irregularities on the rolls, and above all provisional ballots, which Ohio has used more than almost any other state in recent elections.
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ANALYSIS
Many members of sect, concentrated in Ohio, Pa., voted Bush in '04
Daily Beast Oct 28, 08 3:46 PM CDT
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With John McCain now focused on winning Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania, he could get help from a group that has traditionally avoided politics: the Amish. When they do vote, Amish are thought to be 100% Republican because of their views on abortion, Benjamin Sarlin writes in the Daily Beast; George W. Bush was able to mobilize the reclusive Amish vote in 2004.
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'We are one week away from changing America,' Dem says in Ohio
CNN Oct 27, 08 2:50 PM CDT
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Barack Obama warned voters today against acting as if he’s already won the election, urging them not to “let up for one day, one minute, or one second in this last week,” CNN reports. Speaking in Canton, Ohio, Obama charged that 4 more years of “Bush-McCain” policies was a “gamble” too big to take.
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Red states flicker as McCain struggles to fill stadiums in Iowa, Ohio
Chicago Tribune Oct 27, 08 5:07 AM CDT
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John McCain insists his campaign is “doing fine” even as his rallies in key states pull a fraction of the crowds turning out for Barack Obama, the Chicago Tribune reports. The Republican drew about 2,000 supporters at each of his recent events in Iowa and Ohio. Obama, meanwhile, spoke to tens of thousands at rallies in Colorado.
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ANALYSIS
Forget about Pa.; focus on Virginia, Florida, FiveThirtyEight says
FiveThirtyEight.com Oct 26, 08 12:11 PM CDT
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John McCain, the polls aren’t looking good and your running mate is being accused of going “rogue,” but Nate Silver has some advice on how you can still eke out a victory. “No razzle-dazzle here,” Silver writes for FiveThirtyEight, “McCain simply has to pick which states he and Sarah Palin can do the most good in.” To wit:
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His 105 endorsements to McCain's 33 include 24 Bush backers
Editor & Publisher Oct 20, 08 7:43 AM CDT
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Barack Obama has clinched endorsements from the Austin American Statesman and the Houston Chronicle , two Texas papers that once backed George W. Bush—while John McCain gained the Columbus Dispatch in crucial Ohio along with the San Diego Union Tribune . Obama now leads 105-33 in the endorsements race, according to Editor & Publisher —a tally that includes at least 24 papers that were once pro-Bush.
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