New Mason Dixon polls have McCain up in NC and in Ohio

[jezebel]

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/nc/north_carolina_mccain_vs_obama-334.html
NC McCain 49-46 (up from 47-47)

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/oh/ohio_mccain_vs_obama-400.html

Ohio McCain 47-45 (up from 47-46)

[cali]

1. No doubt NC is close. It's now about the ground game

The OH poll looks to be a slight anomoly, but again ground game is vital.

[still_one]

2. For Mason Dixon polls that is actually quite good for us. They have a built in

right wing bias, and for us to be winthin the margin of error actually means we are winning

[Avalux]

3. These are the numbers MSNBC is going nuts over this morning.

Claiming there's been a momentum shift to McCain and he could now win. No worries though; M/D polling is probably not the best and is certainly the outlier.

They have to do this to play for their "election plaza" etravaganza on Tueday; who would watch if the race wasn't close???

[knowledgeispwr]

4. I'm sure NC is close, and M-D has been a more conservative pollster

That said, McCain will be climbing out of a hole on election day in NC. I don't think the ladder is tall enough!

[Robbins]

5. Reality

Those are dead heats.This Is not 2004 when deadheats actully was good news for Republicans.Mccain
has no ground game.Obama does.Obama Is up 5-11 nationally.This makes It harder for Mccain to pull off
swing states.Mason Dixon leans Republican and during the primarys often had Obama underperforing.

[HughMoran]

6. Columbus Dispatch has half the MOE and probably less Republican offset

I think we're going to win Ohio.

[Buzz Clik]

7. Pollster.com is not listing Mason-Dixon numbers in their tallies for either NC or Ohio.

They show NC as being too close to call (Obama up by 1.8%) and Ohio being a 6.7% lead for Obama, trending away from McCain.

[Zynx]

8. Those aren't exactly earthquake numbers. Those are well within sampling error.