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McCain Beats a Retreat

Risky strategy banks on Pennsylvania win.

First the McCain campaign pulled out of Michigan. Now CNN’s John King is reporting another retreat. “While Iowa, New Mexico and Colorado are still officially listed as McCain target states, two top strategists and advisers tell CNN that the situation in those states looks increasingly bleak,” King writes. King continues, “‘Gone’ was the word one top McCain insider used to describe those three states.” Polls have shown a relatively tight race in Colorado, but King’s source said the Obama campaign’s turnout operation was superior. If McCain concedes those three states (all won by Bush in 2004), he would have to win at least one Kerry state, like Pennsylvania.