One note that some bloggers have picked up on that you don't mention concerning Massachusetts: Kerry is running behind Al Gore in Massachusetts -- his own home state! Not only is he running behind Gore, but he has been
consistently running behind Gore, and almost always outside the margin of error.
I do not mean to suggest that Massachusetts is in play; it is safe for Kerry. But the fact that he consistently runs 7-8 points behind Gore in Massachusetts seems to me to lend further support to the notion that NJ could be a horse race.
Surely Kerry's record in Vietnam will finally bleed through despite the leftist media screening - 4 months, 2 superficial wounds probably self induced, followed by an anti American voting record as a Senator.
This leftist Kerry is dangerous to the future of our Country, as he hates our form of Government.
We better pray a lot for GWB.