Liberals dont want to jinx it. It terrifies the right. And the press would prefer a nail-biter. But the fact is that finding Romneys path to victory is getting harder every day.
Theres a secret lurking behind everything youre reading about the upcoming election, a secret that all political insiders knowor shouldbut few are talking about, most likely because it takes the drama out of the whole business. The secret is the electoral college, and the fact is that the more you look at it, the more you come to conclude that Mitt Romney has to draw an inside straight like youve never ever seen in a movie to win this thing. This is especially true now that it seems as if Pennsylvania isnt really up for grabs. Romneys paths to 270 are few.
Its beginning to look like Obama can lose the big Eastern fourOhio, Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida: all of em!and still be reelected.