Friday, October 24, 2008

Obama Taking Missouri? 10 Days to go!!

There are ten days to go until the Presidential Election! Currently Missouri’s 11 electoral votes seem to be going to Obama. At present Obama has a 48.5% lead over McCain's 46.9% according to pollster.com’s “Trend Estimate” and is “Leaning McCain” according to politico.com’s “Swing Map” which calls Obama’s lead over McCain 48% to 45.3%.

Also according to pollster.com’s “Trend Estimate” the current Governor Election is:
Nixon (D) - 54.8
Hulshof (R) - 37.6

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Missouri In Tossup Category

Pollster. com's "Presidential Election 2008" Map shows Missouri as a tossup!

The numbers on the site show:

McCain: 49.1
Obama: 46.3

Obama Tattling to Missouri Law Inforcement?

John McCain is calling out Obama once again. Politico.com's Andy Barr reports that McCain's newest ad is holding Obama reponsible for "asking Missouri law enforcement to crack down on misleading ads." McCain's newest ad points out the hypocrisy of this request by Obama, considering the "misleading ads" he himself has approved.

He Almost Does It Again-- Obama May Be Taking Missouri!?

Mike Allen of Politico.com wrote "Obama clinches on Rove map" on October 5, 2008. Reporting: "With 30 days until Nov. 4, Karl Rove projects that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) would get at least 273 electoral votes – three more than are needed to win – if the presidential election were held today."

Also-- Chuck Todd, NBC News Political Director, discusses the very narrow and decreasing lead that McCain is holding on to in Missouri. Todd wrote '"we almost put [Missouri] in tossup this week."