Um, okay. First, NBC’s Chuck Todd on Meet the Press Sunday:
You know, you look at these early voting numbers. Georgia’s one of these states, along with North Carolina and Florida, that we’re seeing early voting, and because they’re states that have to keep track of these statistics, we know exactly how many African-American ballots are being turned in, how many Dem–and it is through the roof. There are–turnout among African-Americans might actually be somewhere between 95 and 100 percent in some of these places, in some of these states. And, in fact, we’re seeing this shrinkage of a lead in Georgia for Senator McCain. It’s actually got some folks wondering is South Carolina now in single digits?
Then, today’s New York Times:
Republicans and Democrats said there were signs that two states that had once appeared overwhelmingly Republican, Georgia and South Carolina, were tightening, in part, because of surge of early-voting by African-Americans. An Obama win in the states seemed unlikely — and no plans were immediately on his itinerary to travel to them — but it is a sign of how volatile a year this is that more states would seem to be coming into play, rather than being settled, as the election approaches.
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