I've heard through the grapevine that at least one Pubbie who was supposed to work on Missouri has been reassigned to efforts in Iowa.
That goes along with another week of making calls into Iowa which is in our region.
In Missouri, the Indies voted for Bush 52-46, which pretty muched matched his 53-46 win over Kerry in 2004 in that state. For what it's worth, in 2004 in Missouri, 89% of the voters were white, as opposed to 77% nationally.
MO must be close right now because McCain is campaigning there this week. But it is a state where the demographics still strongly favor McCain (including especially the one I just mentioned -- white voters).
As for moving people to Iowa, I read somewhere that according to Rick Davis, Iowa is currently within the margin of error. This would be pretty remarkable if true given McCain's oppositon to ethanol subsidies (which is probably hurting him more in Iowa than any other Bush state from 2004).
They would only do that if IA was in play and they needed the help...just what kind of a scam is being plyed on the voters...I thought IA was solidly blue!