North America, Politics , Vote 2008
November strategy: Obama and McCain head West
By John Hockenberry, Adaora Udoji, Sitara Nieves
May 28, 2008, 10:12 AM
This week, presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama travel to Nevada, Colorado and New Mexico. Though the three states account for 19 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the White House, they’re likely to be pivotal in the November presidential election.
The Takeaway talks with the Las Vegas Review-Journal's John L. Smith to explain what's at stake out West.
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