Is West Virginia Still Close?

The Rainmaker Group, a Democratic polling outfit, has released a new West Virginia poll. Here, take a look.

McCain (R) 42%
Obama (D) 41%

I figured these are good numbers to ruminate on while we all hold our collective breath for those shiny new CNN-Time swing state polls to be released this afternoon. I wonder if they'll also show West Virginia as a toss-up. Perhaps I was a little too fast to give up on The Mountaineer State. ;-)

CNN Sez: The States of the Race Are Shifting

Here are the new CNN-Opinion Research state polls:

Montana-
McCain 54%
Obama 43%

West Virginia-
McCain 50%
Obama 46%

Colorado-
Obama 51%
McCain 47%

Michigan-
Obama 51%
McCain 46%

Pennsylvania-
Obama 53%
McCain 44%

Wow! No wonder why McCain's afraid to debate. Other than Montana, there simply isn't good news for him. West Virginia is now in play, while Obama is starting to solidify his leads in Colorado, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. With each passing day of Obama delivering a clear message of change and McCain delivering gaffe after scandal after another gaffe, the state of the race isn't looking hot for the GOP. I'm looking forward to seeing Obama cutting through the McCrap and telling some truth on the economic crisis later this week, as the voters clearly are looking for real leadership.

New Obama Ad in Colorado

I like the sound of this.

Barack Obama: I'm Barack Obama, candidate for president, and I approved this message.
Ray Schoenke: This is Ray Schoenke. I played football with the Washington Redskins. Now I'm president of the American Hunters and Shooters Association. It's important to me that our next President protects our Second Amendment rights to own guns and defend ourselves.

Barack Obama and John McCain will both make sure we can keep our guns.

But what about keeping our jobs?

Barack's got a real plan that invests in creating jobs here at home and cuts taxes a thousand bucks for working families.

John McCain?

I saw a lot of cheap shots in my day...

But McCain's false attacks on Obama are just a fake to hide the ball. His plan sells out American workers.

McCain will keep giving tax breaks to companies that ship our jobs overseas.

And he'll look the other way while China breaks our trade deals.

It's the same old Bush playbook.

Look, when the coach loses eight years in a row, you don't bring him back for a ninth season!

We just can't afford more of the same.

Apparently, it's also up in Michigan, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia and Ohio. Hopefully, we'll keep hearing more smart plays like this in the future. :-)

WEST VIRGINIA??!! Why Not?

Hmmm... Interesting.

West Virginia:

McCain 44%
Obama 39%

Uh oh. Another supposedly "Solid McCain" state softens. Is the GOP taking West Virginia for granted? ;-)