Battleground States

Recent races for the White House have turned on a small group of swing states, and the 2008 general election is likely to be no different. But campaign aides to both Barack Obama and John McCain say their candidate can "change the map" in November and pick off states that traditionally have fallen into the other party's column.

Reporting By Dan Balz And Alec Macgillis | GRAPHIC: The Washington Post - June 8, 2008

This Story Each Party Is Set to Hunt The Other's Usual Ground Article \| The 2008 general election will pit the best-organized nomination campaign in the history of modern Democratic politics against the battle-tested machinery of the Republican Party, with both Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) determined to shake up an electoral map that has... ELECTION DEMOGRAPHICS: For Obama, Another Blue-Collar Challenge Battleground States DEFINING ISSUES: Iraq, Not Economy, Frames the Presidential Debate The Trail: Rice 'Gratified' by Obama Win		TOOLBOX E-Mail This Save/Share + Digg Facebook Reddit Twitter myspace Reporting By Dan Balz And Alec Macgillis \| GRAPHIC: The Washington Post - June 8, 2008 ¬es=Recent races for the White House have turned on a small group of swing states, and the 2008 general election is likely to be no different. But campaign aides to both Barack Obama and John McCain say their candidate can 'change the map' in November and pick off states that traditionally have fallen into the other party's column." onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('delicious')" onmouseout="resetbg2('delicious')" target="new">del.icio.us Reporting By Dan Balz And Alec Macgillis \| GRAPHIC: The Washington Post - June 8, 2008 \'),\'newstrust\'+(new Date()).getMilliseconds(),\'dependent=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,alwaysRaised=yes,status=yes,directories=yes,location=yes,menubar=yes,toolbar=yes,width=430,height=750,modal=no\'));ntw.focus();'" onclick="if ( typeof otto != 'undefined' ) { }" onmouseover="changebg2('newstrust')" onmouseout="resetbg2('newstrust')">NewsTrust Stumble It! COMMENT 0 Comments Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Please review the full rules governing commentaries and discussions. You are fully responsible for the content that you post. Who's Blogging » Links to this graphic
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