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...race. Over the course of two weeks, as the financial crisis and faltering economy have taken center stage, the electoral map has shifted sharply away from McCain and toward Obama. States won by President George W. Bush in 2004 that seemed to be trending Republican after the convention, like Ohio, Florida and Virginia, are now shifting back to Obama in public polls. Other Bush states, like New Mexico and Iowa, appear to have moved safely into the Obama column. In recent days, party leaders in Florida and Virginia have voiced their concern about the trajectory of the race in their...
...Even Karl Rove, the architect of President Bush's victory in 2004, now says Obama has enough Electoral College votes to win the White House. According to Rove's reading of state polls, just seven states are toss-ups at this point - Nevada, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida - all of which Bush won in 2004. "If the election were held today, Obama would win every state John Kerry won in 2004, while adding New Mexico, Iowa and Colorado to his coalition," Rove announced on his blog Sunday...
...Peter Brown, an independent pollster of swing states at Quinnipiac University, put the McCain problem into stark historical relief last week, when he released polls from Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, which all showed McCain slipping. "Senator John McCain has his work cut out for him if he is to win the presidency," Brown said. "There does not appear to be a role model for such a comeback in the last half-century...
...Peabody Museum for the duration of her show, is fully equipped with a bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom, providing Bailey with what she calls a “nice, nice lifestyle.” Bailey is currently on a three-month stint across the country. Her next stop: Dayton, Ohio. And while some 92-year-olds might find such an itinerant existence tiring, McLaughlin said, “I think it makes her younger...
...young Jewish man from Newark, N.J., with a formidable intellect and an equally formidable anxiety. This anxiety first takes hold when his father transforms from a nurturing role model and friend into a fear-ridden monster. Fight after fight leads Marcus to relocate to the town of Winesburg, Ohio, and a college of the same name, in 1951. And here the anxieties only compound: Marcus buries himself in work, falls in love, fights with both his roommates and the college’s faculty, and in so doing pushes himself into isolation. By the end of this brief, cruel novel...