The Plank

Pennsylvania could be a lost cause for John McCain, as he’s projected to do worse there than he’ll do nationally, writes Nate Silver. McCain should lose the state by about eight percentage points, while he’s projected to lose nationally by five percentage points, according to Silver’s calculations. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) are guilty of “symbolic overkill” with their choice of location for their upcoming joint campaign appearance, Unity, N.H., where both candidates received 107 votes in the New Hampshire primary, writes Christopher Orr. The blogger jokes that Help Retire My Debt, Pa., and You Should Have Dropped Out in March, Fla., weren’t available.