Forget MN, WI, MI, NH. I hope they don’t spend any money or time there. If McCain wins the toss-up states FL, CO, NV, OH, IN, and VA he wins with 274 - without PA. If he wins PA he doesn’t need Colorado. Since most of the other toss-up states that I listed are already leaning McCain, he needs to spend most of his time split between CO and PA. I’d put Palin in CO and McCain in PA all week the last 3 weeks of the election. And then switch places each week. It’s going to be close!
The bottom line is this.
In order for Obama to win, he must flip
Iowa
New Mexico
Colorado
and not lose more than New Hampshire.
Iowa seems like a lock for him, and New Mexico looks to be trending his way, so he must win Colorado and not lose anything else.
For McCain to win, he has to win
Colorado
or
Minnesota
or
Michigan
or
Pennyslvania
or
Wisconsin
McCain is sitting pretty good right now because there are many ways he can win. Obama has one way to win.
I totally agree with that plan, I’d include pit-stops in OH while crossing the country, but the concept is right.