And there is also the margin of error. If the polls are within that, then it is essentially a dead heat. The MSM reports Obama in the lead regardless of the margin of error and McCain is always tied when leading by a similar amount within the margin of error.
I just don’t see any way that Obama wins Virginia or North Carolina. The media thinks that Obama is working so hard in these two states because he can do better than Kerry did. I have a different theory. My theory is that he is trying so hard in these two states because he may lose PA and wants to put McCain on the defensive in these two states and Florida in order to keep him out of PA.