“The Obama campaign is pushing the envelope, while the McCain campaign is still trying to find it. Can Obama win Montana? If he can, it’s because he’s winning everywhere else in a landslide. But by taking his campaign to red states, Obama can force McCain to spend resources defending what should be sure-things instead of attacking Obama in his base. Add that to the fact that the privately-funded Obama is likely to have many times the resources of the publicly-funded McCain, and there is every reason for the ten year-old daughter of the Democratic nominee to be celebrating her birthday in a town where she probably knows absolutely no one. The hometown party can wait.” (07/06/08)