Playing a Different Game

I get the feeling that Barack Obama is simply playing a different game than John Dubya McCain. It's almost comical how far the Democratic candidate outclasses his Republican opponent. For one thing, here we are with 5 days to go and he is actively campaigning in once crimson red states. But even more so, in consistently deep blue states, Obama is working on victories of epic proportions.

Barack Obama appears destined for the largest California victory of any presidential candidate since World War II, potentially boosting prospects for Democratic candidates statewide.
In a new state Field Poll, the presidential ticket of Obama and Delaware Sen. Joe Biden leads Republican John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin by 55 percent to 33 percent.

If the margin stands on Nov. 4, Obama will rack up a California landslide more lopsided than that of Democrat Lyndon Johnson in 1964 or Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980 and 1984.