Over the last three weeks Senator Obama has been gaining considerable ground in many swing states including: Florida, Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, New Mexico and Colorado. The state that has gained the most attention is that of the Sunshine State, Florida. Ever since the economic crisis began, the state has been experiencing a significant swing, between three and six points in favor of Obama because people there believe he has a better ability of rebuilding the economy and has a better understanding of the world.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/04/us/politics/04florida.html?hp explains that even in this critical state, people are aware of the choice they need to make a month from today. As of August, the Democrats have gained significant voter registration with an increase of 498,000 more voters than 2004; which had 373,000. Obviously this is an advantage Obama will not ignore and he will do whatever it takes to get them to the polls.
Meanwhile McCain has given up on campaigning in Michigan by pulling all his ads, closing his offices and relocating his staff - effectively surrendering the state to Obama. This is a dramatic turn of events which is slowly allowing Obama have many more ways of obtaining the number of electoral votes needed to win while McCain's ways to victory are getting narrower and narrower. With only a month to go - the time for both campaigns to roll out negative ads has arrived and below are two examples:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHvJPGnkQxE
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