Solar Energy: “We’re trying to lay a foundation for a new economy…We are investing not in digging more oil wells but in building more wind farms, investing in solar energy….We are going to have an economy that [is] not based on a bubble.” (Media Teleconference, 6/8/09) This Tuesday, Joe Biden will be traveling to a [...]

With the announced retirement of Republican Senators Mel Martinez (FL), Kit Bond (MO) and George Voinovich (OH), 2010 could be a tough year for the GOP in these three swing states. But the outlook isn’t all bad. In 2008, Republicans had a difficult time finding candidates who could compete for open seats. This time around, [...]

Hi, this is Danielle Ivory from ANP. My colleague, Lagan Sebert, and I have recently been covering the economic crisis and found ourselves thoroughly intrigued by the bank mergers happening all over the country. We looked into it, connected the dots, and this is what we discovered.. With newfound bailout money in their wallets, big [...]

CBS radio just called it. The path to 270 for McCain is pretty much done. 20 electoral votes for Obama. Moving on…

More “poll of polls” numbers suggest Obama could capture some reliably red states. Nevada… CNN’s new Nevada Poll of Polls shows Obama leading McCain by 6 points, 49% to 43%; CNN’s last Nevada Poll of Polls –- released October 31 –- showed Obama leading McCain by 7 points. North Carolina… Obama is leading McCain by [...]

And actually, just to give you a preview of my election night prediction…this is pretty close to what I’m thinking. First, the Obama leads… Florida: Obama +2 Obama: 47% McCain: 45% Virginia: Obama +3 Obama: 47% McCain: 44% Pennsylvania: Obama +4 Obama: 47% McCain: 43% Nevada: Obama +4 Obama: 47% McCain: 43% Colorado Obama +5 [...]

Perhaps this one is less of a toss up than I first thought? Chuck Todd has his take… One of the better state Republican parties is right here in the Buckeye State; it’s why so many of us aren’t ready to count McCain out yet in Ohio. The Republican machine is a good one. The [...]

Quinnipiac thinks it’s too little too late for McCain in Ohio and Pennsylvania, but thinks he could pull it off in Florida. I still don’t think Obama can pull Ohio off, but I’m willing to be wrong. :-) The numbers and cross tabs… Florida: Obama +2 Obama: 47% McCain: 45% (Obama was ahead by 5) [...]

Good signs on the state level (.pdf), even if Obama’s numbers are slipping a bit nationally in the past couple days. Colorado: Obama +9 Obama: 50% McCain: 41% Florida: Obama + 2 Obama: 45% McCain: 43% Nevada: Obama +12 Obama: 52% McCain: 40% New Hampshire: Obama +18 Obama: 55% McCain: 37% North Carolina: Obama +2 [...]

Some good news for McCain today, but considering he has pulled out of Colorado in favor of Pennsylvania, this poll also surfaces some cold, hard truths about his chances to win. Ohio: McCain +3 McCain 48% Obama 45% Florida: McCain +2 McCain 48% Obama 46% Pennsylvania: Obama +7 Obama 50% McCain 43% While Obama has [...]

More numbers bring more bad news for McCain. Now, Big Ten polls the eight states where the Big Ten school are, so some of them (Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota) I’m not going to even bother showing since they’re safely blue. Instead, I’ll focus on four McCain has been campaigning in recently. Indiana: +10 Obama 51% [...]

12 days till it’s over, and the numbers keep looking more and more favorable for Obama. Florida: Obama +5 Obama 49% McCain 44% Ohio: Obama + 14 Obama 52% McCain 38% Pennsylvania: Obama +13 Obama 53% McCain 40% The biggest surprise here is Ohio, which I think is much closer than this 14% spread. In [...]

The only good news here for McCain is that West Virginia is still in his corner. Still, that’s only a single digit lead and these are all states that Bush carried in 2004. Nevada: +5 Obama Obama 51% McCain 46% North Carolina: +4 Obama Obama 51% McCain 47% Ohio: +4 Obama Obama 50% McCain 46% [...]

Not much change from last week to this week, so the story is essentially that Obama’s numbers are holding steady in these key battleground states with 21 days left. Florida Obama 51, McCain 46 Week ago: Obama 52, McCain 45) Missouri Obama 50, McCain 47 Last week: Obama 50, McCain 47 North Carolina Obama 48, [...]

First the numbers… New Hampshire: Obama 53%, McCain 45% Obama 51%, McCain 43%, Barr 3%, Nader 1% Wisconsin: Obama 51%, McCain 46% Obama 50%, McCain 42%, Nader 4%, Barr 1% Ohio: Obama 50%, McCain 47% Obama 48%, McCain 45%, Nader 3%, Barr 2% North Carolina: Obama 49%, McCain 49% Obama 49%, McCain 48%, Barr 2% [...]

I’ll let the numbers speak for themselves… Colorado Obama: 51 McCain: 45 Florida Obama: 52 McCain: 45 Missouri Obama: 50 McCain: 47 Ohio McCain: 48 Obama: 47 Virginia Obama: 50 McCain: 48

Earlier I shared some electoral projections that hinted at an Obama blowout, and now I have two sets of swing state polls that provide even more good news for his camp. The key here is that Obama has crossed the 50% threshold in most of these polls with just a little more than a month [...]

More and more states are allowing early voting and I think it’s great. Anything that can get people to the ballot box should be encouraged, promoted and celebrated. From AP: In the state that may again determine the presidency, voters started casting ballots Tuesday as Barack Obama struggles to thwart a John McCain victory in [...]

An odd loophole in Ohio voting laws will allow residents of that state to register to vote and then immediately cast a ballot during the week of Sept 30th to October 6th. This week of immediate registration and voting is expected to be very popular with younger voters and the Barack Obama campaign is gearing [...]