Paul Schmelzer at the Minnsoros “Independent” seems to have been huffing cheap paint.

Either that, or he’s getting spin from someone who has:

Ever since Ronald Reagan trounced Jimmy Carter in North Dakota in 1980 (64 to 26 percent), our neighbor to the west has reliably voted Republican in presidential contests: a majority went for the GOP candidate every race at least the last six times. But two new polls suggest that could be changing.A Rasmussen poll two weeks ago show a dead heat between Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama (both garnered 43 percent of the vote). Now a new Research 2000 poll puts McCain with a slight edge: 45 to 42 percent, with a margin of error of +/- 4.5 percent (same as the Rasmussen poll). As of today, Pollster.com’s average of polls still has Obama with a national lead over McCain, 47 to 41.9 percent.

Check your sampling. Five will get you ten they oversampled Grand Forks, Fargo and Minot – home, via UND, NDSU and Minot State – to 80% of the states’ 5,000 or so Democrats, including my Mom.

North Dakota will ban shotguns and Coors before they opt for Obama, or any liberal Democrat.

That is all.

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