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Believed to represent two drastically different ways of governance, both candidates will have their work cut out for them to win the General Election in November. Obama will have to prove his loyalty and convince voters that he has the experience and knowledge requisite to lead the greatest nation in the world, while McCain will have to overcome doubts among some Republicans about his conservatism as well as overcome Obama's tremendous charisma. However, they will both also need to devise specific strategies aimed at winning the electoral college. Renowned campaign strategist Dick Morris believes there is a unique issue in '08: The Republican Party is too unpopular to win the election, while at the same time, Barack Obama is too young, too controversial, and, many Republicans and Democrats alike would say, too untrustworthy to win. We are in an election year in which the circumstances demand that Democrats must win but the candidate for the party can not. Your task is as follows: You will each assume the role of a campaign strategist and work in teams to determine which states your candidate can rely on for electoral college votes, which states are certain defeats, and which states are uncertain but critical victories in his path to a majority of the electoral college--and to the Presidency.
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