Obama-mentum rapidly closing in on McCain in Arizona!

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Some recent polling in Arizona shows that the presidential race has narrowed to single digits, even though Obama has run a low-key grassroots operation in Arizona with little media presence. We are a bottom-tier priority state because we have the misfortune of being John McCain's home state. That sucks! The Rasmussen (GOP … Read more

The state of the presidential race with one week to go

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The national polling data has been remarkably stable for well over a month now, with most of the major polls showing Obama fluctuating in a range of 49-53% and McCain fluctuating in a range of 40-46%. The daily tracker polls show some statistical noise with occasional movement of a point or two on … Read more

The long knives are out as the GOP civil war has already begun

Posted by AzBlueMeanie : These guys don't even wait for the body to be buried first. The post-mortems for the McCain campaign have already begun,Chris Cilizza blog: McCain Campaign Post-Mortem.  In a New York Times Magazine article by Robert Draper on Sunday The Making (and Remaking and Remaking) of John McCain, Draper takes the first cut … Read more