[Galactic Overlord-In-Chief]

I’ll grant Barr probably cost McCain Indiana, but I also think he took the state for granted. I’m looking at populous Allen County in the northeast, home of Fort Wayne, it went for Bush 63%-36%, but only went for McCain 52%-47%. The state really shouldn’t have been close enough for any third party candidate to cost McCain the win (or for that matter, vote fraud).

[fieldmarshaldj]

Barr also cost McCain North Carolina, too. But you're correct that McCain took for granted the state's GOP leanings in a Presidential race. As it was, McCain only increased upon Dubya's performance in all of 4 counties (3 in the Cincinnati Metro Area and 1 in the Louisville Metro Area). The False Messiah improved his performance in the remaining 88.

Contrasting that with OH, which McCain lost by 51-47%, his targeting the state actually improved upon Dubya's performance in a whopping 64 of 88 counties, including Cuyahoga (Cleveland), Summit (Akron) and Montgomery (Dayton). Only the northwest corner, the Columbus & Cleveland areas and an isolated area in the NE went the other way.