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First Read: The day in politics by NBC News for NBC News
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FIRST THOUGHTS.
*** 72 Hours To Go . I Want To Be Sedated: Hey, wait a minute, there's
something familiar about that number 72. Remember the GOP's 72-hour program?
It's amazing that the 2004 buzz phrase describing that GOTV program, which by
all accounts was very successful in that election, has barely been mentioned
this year. The ground-game buzz is all on the side of Obama. And the McCain
decision to double down on TV -- rather than on the ground -- is going to be a
tactical decision that gets debated inside GOP circles for some time.
*** Follow The Schedules, Not The Polls: NBC/WSJ co-pollster Peter Hart (D)
sends along this observation: "Forget the polls, just look at what the
candidates are doing and where they are spending money." At this time in 2004,
he notes, Kerry-Edwards were campaigning in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Iowa, and Florida. In 2000, Gore-Lieberman were in the states of
Missouri and Ohio, as well as in Florida. But in 2008, Obama and Biden AREN'T
campaigning in Pennsylvania, Minnesota or Wisconsin. Instead, they're in
Nevada, Colorado, Indiana, as well as the perennials of Ohio and Florida. "You
do not have to read poll numbers -- just look at their travel schedule," Hart
tells First Read. And as we learned yesterday, the Obama campaign is now
spending money in Arizona, Georgia, and North Dakota.
*** McCain's Monday Schedule: By the way, in a memo released last night, McCain
campaign manager Rick Davis noted where McCain and Palin will be spending their
final day of campaigning. "Gov. Palin will hit Ohio, Missouri, Iowa, Colorado,
Nevada and Alaska in the final day of campaigning, while Sen. McCain will
travel from Tampa, Florida, to Virginia, then Pennsylvania, Indiana, New
Mexico, Nevada and finish the night in Prescott, Arizona. The enthusiasm and
excitement we generate on Monday will be the electricity that powers our 'Get
Out the Vote' efforts on Tuesday."
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