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    Georgia On My Mind

    Posted:
    10/26/08
    Former Georgia Congressman, and Libertarian candidate for president, Bob Barr made a stunning prediction this week: Barack Obama will beat John McCain in the deep red state that Barr once represented.

    That idea is very hard for some Republicans to take seriously. After all, George W. Bush took Georgia by a margin of 16.7% in '04. But Obama has been steadily chipping away at McCain's lead. Witness the latest trend line from Pollster:



    Early voting is proving a huge asset to Obama. It remains to be seen whether these lines will continue in their present direction, but we now have our first poll showing Obama with the lead over the past two months. Sensing momentum, Obama has decided to send in volunteers to make a coordinated effort to take back the "Peach State."
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