And Ohio will be in the Bush column.
The only other option Kerry has (Florida is lost) is to try to get NH and NV. If you look at the map, he has to get all of the Gore states (IA, MN, WI, NM, OR will not be easy, PA and MI are not slam-dunks either) and has to pick up something else. FL is out of bounds and the only shot there was Bob Graham who would have been a disaster for other reasons. He might get NH and NV, but he has to manage it without losing anything, so he can't specifically tailor his message to them, or he can try to win Ohio. That's the only chance he's got.