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The poll numbers for the States Tinkerbell. I'm not suprized your unaware of those. Be that as it may, your interpretation is wrong. Mitts road to the white house has not gotten any shorter. It's still the same. He's at 170. Has been for some time. That hasn't changed. What has changed is Obama's road just got a little longer. It's still far, far shorter than Mitts but read into those numbers what ever you want. I don't care. My point still remains, on an electoral vote basis Obama still commands a substantial lead on Romney.
No moron... the road is shorter. The gap is less between him and Obama. Thus it is shorter. He no longer needs to win as high a percentage of the current swing states that he did before WI and MI flipped from Obama to swing. So by that measure it is also shorter.
But do explain Mutt... what 'statistics' are you referring to? The poll numbers by state are not related to each other. They reflect that individual state. the 'swing' states are typically within the margin of error. Meaning each can go either way (hence the swing state label). Winning 7 of those states in no way changes the probability of winning in the remaining swing states.