And the last prediction is...

Minnesota's 10 electoral votes will go to Obama tomorrow, despite the Republican excitement the state felt in the weeks after the Republican national convention. McCain and Palin seemed to give up on the state following the economic crisis, and McCain might be wondering now what Minnesota's Governor could have done for him, and how many more of those northern electoral votes he could have swayed with his intelligent, northern-conservative charm.

...BUT DON'T COUNT COLEMAN OUT

It ain't over until its over, and Coleman's kicking and screaming back into lead. He might not have lead in the polls for all of October, but today (after both Senatorial debates) he is again up by four points according to Rasmussen polls. It's unlikely that Minnesotans will embarass themselves with another celebrity politician after Ventura's shenanigans in the early 2000's, but with a viable 3rd part candidate in the race things are still too close to be able to call it Coleman territory yet.




Things don't look as optimistic in some of the House races in Minnesota, especially in Minnesota's 6th after Bachman's socialist and "Unamerican" blunders on MSNBC a couple of weeks ago. The polls have skyrocketed in her opponent's favor, perhaps best displayed by pollster.com


The other heated House battle in Minnesota is in Minnesota's 3rd, one of the wealthiest districts in the state. There the incumbent gave up his seat despite the objections of his supporters, and the seat has been hotly contested by a R and a Democrat. It does look like Eric Paulsen (R) will pull it out, but it's a race to watch.