KANSAS was closer than Michigan...
well, following that line of thinking, the following states were closer than Nevada:
Texas
Arizona
South Carolina
both Dakotas
Georgia
and in addition to those the following were closer than New Mexico:
West Virginia
Mississippi
and Tennessee was about the same.
Arkansas was McCAin's 6th best state - better than Nebraska, Kansas, Kentucky, West Virginia, etc. Louisiana was right there with Arkanasas. I hope no one thinks of those states as potential dem pickups anymore. Clearly the atlantic coast of the south is the dems best opportunity to make gains, not the mississippi river basin.
