Changing presidential map or not?

[Tender Branson]

Hmm. I think the '08 map will look quite a bit different than in 2000 and 2004. I agree with some others here that MO is currently "Lean Republican" (the April Bush approval was at 38% in that state, which is high IMO).

OR, MN, PA, MI should be "Lean Democrat" right now. (~5% in favor)

I also tend to say that IA, NM and NH are "Slightly Democrat" (2-5%)

This leaves NV, CO and OH as the main battlegrounds for 2008. (+/-2%)

The rest, AR, WV, VA, NC and FL are also "Lean Republican". (~5%)

[Tender Branson]

Hmm. I think the '08 map will look quite a bit different than in 2000 and 2004. I agree with some others here that MO is currently "Lean Republican" (the April Bush approval was at 38% in that state, which is high IMO).

OR, MN, PA, MI should be "Lean Democrat" right now. (~5% in favor)

I also tend to say that IA, NM and NH are "Slightly Democrat" (2-5%)

This leaves NV, CO and OH as the main battlegrounds for 2008. (+/-2%)

The rest, AR, WV, VA, NC and FL are also "Lean Republican". (~5%)

So how will '08 be "quite different" than '04? You have all the competitive states going the same way they went three years ago, with a slight bump for the Dems.

And ? I´m not a fortune teller. Do you expect me to make Nebraska competetive ?  I can´t change the physics of Presidential Elections. For me it is "quite different" if OH, NV and CO flip at the same time to the Dems in '08. But that´s all worth nothing if there´s some kind of landslide (which I do not assume) and it certainly depends on the candidates.