Comments on: Quinnipiac: McCain Up By 2 In Colorado http://donklephant.com/2008/07/24/quinnipiac-mccain-up-by-2-in-colorado/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:08:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: kranky kritter http://donklephant.com/2008/07/24/quinnipiac-mccain-up-by-2-in-colorado/comment-page-1/#comment-412207 kranky kritter Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:21:44 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=6403#comment-412207 I'd go a bit further. For starters,McCain must win Florida, which I think he will. Then on top of that he really has to win Ohio. That's the state where I'd plug in the "or replace it with PA or MI." Because Oh is 20, PA is 21 and MI is 17. Colorado? CO is only 9 electoral votes. So in terms of getting to 270 (which in my view is all that really matters), Colorado only matters about half as much as MI, OH, and PA. CO looks to be very close. Must McCain win CO? I say yes, but not so much for the 9 votes, but because of the bellweather it represents as a usually solid GOP state from the midwest red bloc. My gut says that if McCain can't win CO, then he has very little chance of winning PA or MI, and is probably in trouble in OH as well. It's sort of a domino view. I’d go a bit further.

For starters,McCain must win Florida, which I think he will.

Then on top of that he really has to win Ohio. That’s the state where I’d plug in the “or replace it with PA or MI.” Because Oh is 20, PA is 21 and MI is 17.

Colorado? CO is only 9 electoral votes. So in terms of getting to 270 (which in my view is all that really matters), Colorado only matters about half as much as MI, OH, and PA.

CO looks to be very close. Must McCain win CO? I say yes, but not so much for the 9 votes, but because of the bellweather it represents as a usually solid GOP state from the midwest red bloc. My gut says that if McCain can’t win CO, then he has very little chance of winning PA or MI, and is probably in trouble in OH as well. It’s sort of a domino view.

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