The Plank

by Walter Alarkon - 07/23/08 9:27 AM ET

With new polls showing increased support for John McCain in Ohio, Florida and New Hampshire, the path of least resistance for a Barack Obama victory may go through “Plan B” swing states Colorado, Virginia, Iowa, New Mexico, Nevada and Montana, writes Nate Silver. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s comment in support of Obama’s U.S. troop pullout timetable wasn’t translated incorrectly, since Der Spiegel, the German magazine that published it, has a policy of allowing its interview subjects to “authorize” the final versions of the interview before they go to press, writes Zvika Krieger.

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