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Is Pennsylvania Really Turning Blue?

When Democrat Barack Obama was somewhere between Baghdad and Berlin last week, Republican John McCain was in a far less exotic locale: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Sticking to his favorite format-the town hall meeting-McCain made it clear that despite a vastly expanded Democratic registration advantage in the Keystone state, the GOP is buoyed by Obama's less than decisive lead in state polls.

Lawsuit Threat Over California Robo Calls 07/25/08 California is the latest battleground in voters' ongoing struggle not to be annoyed. The state's public utilities commission is coming under fire from opponents of political robo calling who say the commission is not enforcing existing regulations on automated political phone messages. It's the same story in a number of states that currently have laws on the books that restrict political robo calls.	Consultants Urge Smarter Ethnic Targeting 07/23/08 Both Barack Obama and John McCain are heavily courting Hispanic voters, a key demographic in swing states like Florida, New Mexico, Nevada and Colorado. That means a heavy dose of Spanish-language advertising. But some political consultants who specialize in targeting Hispanic voters say focusing solely on Spanish-language media leaves other effective means of targeting on the table.
Cell-Phone Users Pose Problems for '08 Polls 07/16/08 With increasing numbers of voters ditching landline phones and using only cell-phones, some pollsters worry that surveys could miss the mark in 2008 if interviewers don't call cell-phone users. One of the biggest concerns: The vast majority of cell-phone only users are aged 18-34, a key demographic for presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama.	Barr Set to Make Debate Push 07/13/08 In 1992, convinced that Reform Party candidate Ross Perot could prove a political asset, both President George H.W. Bush and Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton were eager to include the Texas billionaire in the presidential debates. This year, with former Georgia Rep. Bob Barr polling at 6 percent nationally, the Libertarian nominee is set to make his own push for inclusion in this year's three official debates.
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