Via the WSJ, we can see exactly how many times each candidate visited every state:
Source:
The Campaigns’ Travels
WSJ, NOVEMBER 1, 2008
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/st_cand_visits_20081028.html
In any great organization it is far, far safer to be wrong with the majority than to be right alone. —John Kenneth Galbraith
Asian currencies continue to sell off vs the $ on the heels of the news yesterday that South Korea said they will look into hot money inflows stemming from the $ carry trade and the Bank of Indonesia said they are looking into the foreign buying of bills. This follows the news a few weeks ago that Taiwan was limiting foreign deposit holdings and Brazil was taxing foreign inflow transactions. As I mentioned yesterday, we may have reached a short term pain threshold in terms of $ weakness and foreign countries are fighting back as they certainly won't wait for...
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November 2nd, 2008 at 6:04 pm
As far as the presidential election is concerned, it seems like the only states in which there is a need for voting to take place is in the states of CO, FL, NC, OH, PA, and VA.
The presidential election results in the remaining states are more or less a foregone conclusion (or else they have too few electoral votes to matter).
November 2nd, 2008 at 6:28 pm
For those who are too lazy to vote and who want to justify their decision:
http://redbluerichpoor.com/blog/?p=161)