The Four Battleground States

Karl Rove in the Wall Street Journal today says four key battleground states will decide the Presidental Race for 2008.

Other states will see serious competition, including Florida, Pennsylvania, Nevada, New Hampshire, Missouri and Wisconsin. But Colorado, Virginia, Michigan and Ohio are likely to be the center of the action. To win, Mr. Obama needs to pick up 18 electoral votes more than John Kerry received, meaning Mr. Obama must carry Colorado or Virginia and add another small state to his column. If Mr. McCain carries Michigan as well as Ohio, it would make Mr. Obama’s Electoral College math very difficult. And if Mr. McCain can limit GOP losses to one or two small states from those won by the GOP in 2004, he’ll be America’s 44th president.

Flap agrees and having traveled to Nevada and Colorado this summer can verify that television advertising is very heavy in those states.

Michigan is the key and whichever Vice President hopeful polls the best will be McCain’s choice.

Stay tuned……