They can’t help it. They have the attention span of a gnat.
Obama’s got 237 EVs guaranteed, and needs just 34.
States where he is still vulnerable, that he will need to win (ie, less than 90 percent).
Wisconsin, Colorado, Nevada, New Hampshire, Iowa. That’s it. Adding them all together - on average he will win all but one of these states. So it’s not a forlorn hope, but it’s getting pretty grim.