Obama draws 100,000 in Denver.

Chuck Todd moves McCain's home state from solid McCain to lean McCain after a poll shows just a four-point margin there. Todd's map is now such that Obama does't even need Pennsylvania to win.

Virginia--real and faux--is looking solid Obama.

Bill Kristol proposes an incredibly halfhearted and unpersuasive comeback strategy.

Rich Lowry: "[N]o one is kidding themselves about how grim the prospects are." 

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