EV 10/23 (12 days away): The race tightens a little

Historically this is nearly always the case in the final days of the campaign. And recent polling reflects a closer race in the swingers, including Missouri, Florida, Ohio, and happily enough, North Dakota. So let's slide them back over into the grey"tossup" column. McCain needs them all and still can't get there, but the trends are interesting enough to watch closely.

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