Obama to campaign in 8 red states in the final days - no visits in Kerry states planned.

[Schulzz]

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Obama Plans a Four-Day Hunt for More Democratic Voters

VIRGINIA BEACH — Senator Barack Obama is spending the final four days of his campaign mining for votes in places where Democrats have not turned out at full strength in recent presidential races, hoping to offset other areas in swing states where his candidacy may need a lift.
As Mr. Obama arrived for a rally here on Thursday night, the finishing touches were being etched into his itinerary for the last 96 hours of the contest. He is scheduled to visit at least eight states across three time zones, focusing on liberal and conservative regions from Nevada to Florida where his strategists believe the Democratic margins could be increased by one or two percentage points.

“Don’t believe for a second this election is over. Don’t think for a minute that power concedes,” Mr. Obama said, imploring his supporters to consider the critical importance of their ballots. “We have to work like our future depends on it in this last week — because it does.”

While Mr. Obama is briefly swinging through Iowa on Friday afternoon, aides described it as a valedictory return to the state that is most responsible for propelling his candidacy after he won the caucuses there in January. Mr. Obama also wanted a site near Chicago, where he is planning to take a three-hour respite from politics to celebrate Halloween with his two daughters.

His aides say they think the electoral battlegrounds of Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, Wisconsin and New Mexico are trending toward Mr. Obama, though advisers do not rule out a last-minute visit to any place that suddenly looks troublesome. Instead, he will focus his attention on six states that President Bush won four years ago.
After a late-night rally on Friday evening in Indiana, Mr. Obama heads Saturday to Henderson, Nev.; Pueblo, Colo.; and Springfield, Mo . He is scheduled to make a three-city fly-around on Sunday. And on Monday, he is set to dash through Florida, North Carolina and back here to Virginia.
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More: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/us/politics/31obama.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

[Bicoastal]

1. I wanna see a good PA poll this morning, I really do.

One good PA poll, and I can head into the weekend smiling.

[Alter Ego]

2. No Pennsylvania.

That's a sign that they're confident in the state.

[tedoll78]

6. Either that..

They must be confident of their ground game as well.. :)

[Schulzz]

3. Isn't it interesting that Obama does not plan to visit OH anymore ?

Am I too optimistic, if I think this might be a good sign about their internal polls there?

[holiday]

4. that's what I was wondering. I never got to see him.. McCain and/or

Palin are in Ohio every week.. Obama hasn't been doing that.

[Schulzz]

5. I just read in another post that he will be in Columbus on Sunday.

That answered my question...

[holiday]

7. He hasn't been doing many stops though. I wonder if his

internal polling shows he is pretty far ahead in Ohio. He sends Biden here alot

[mmonk]

8. Good strategy. McCain will have to spend the last days of the campaign

playing some defense.