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...Such marginal changes, however, do not change the fact that, as things currently stand, Obama appears poised to win the election, possibly by large margins. Victories in Georgia, Montana and North Dakota would offer McCain little consolation with a President Obama in the White House...
...boasts of Barack Obama's grass-roots campaign, most notably the official claim to have 40 field offices, some covering the reddest and most rural regions of the state, and the unofficial whispers about having as many as 150 paid staffers. As the summer settled in and John McCain opened up what looked like a solid 5-to-7-point lead, Obama's investment of time and resources had Republicans and even some skeptical Democrats asking, Who are all these Obama staffers anyhow, and aren't they just wasting their time and the campaign's money...
...More recently, though, Obama's big bet on Missouri doesn't seem like such a joke. The latest St. Louis Post-Dispatch poll has Obama pulling within 1 point of McCain, and a new TIME/CNN poll has the Democratic nominee actually leading his Republican rival by 1 point among likely voters. The increasing tightness of the race - even if it's part of a national wave spurred by a focus on the faltering economy - shows why every doorbell, and every person ringing them, can make a world of difference in an election...
...investment, even for a campaign that raises money as prodigiously as Obama's. Some Democrats worry about the huge overhead - Obama is reported to have 350 paid field workers in Florida - in light of the Republican Party's fund-raising prowess and sharper focus. Nationwide, Obama is massively outspending McCain on payroll: $2.7 million for salaries in August alone, compared with $1.1 million for McCain, according to federal election reports...
...McCain has led most of the summer in this bellwether state - Missouri has gone with the winner in every presidential election but one since 1904 - with just a skeleton crew in place. In fact, paid McCain staffers are so scarce in these parts that reporters have to call Iowa if they want a comment. Tina Hervey, the state GOP spokeswoman, says the McCain camp is simply doing a better job of marshaling resources - and they are confident that the "72-hour strategy" of flooding likely Republican voters with phone calls, direct mail and even personal visits in the last...