A subject that I find more interesting than the nominations of the Vice Presidential hopefuls and Palin’s family issues is the campaign strategies of both campaigns over the next eight weeks. According to Newsweek’s Electoral Map, the following states are currently tied or “swing states”: Nevada (5 electoral votes), Colorado (9), New Mexico (5), Minnesota (10), Michigan (17), Ohio (20), Virginia (13), North Carolina (15), New Hampshire (4), and the infamous state of Florida (27). Click here to view map: http://www.newsweek.com/id/153341. Maintaining the states that are solidly partisan and capturing a significant amount of these swing states is obviously crucial to obtaining the presidency; however, picking the wrong states to pursue can be vastly detrimental to that cause. That is where the hard part lies! How do you know when to pursue and when to give up? According to www.america.gov, the Gore campaign pulled out far too early in Ohio in 2000 and denied itself the potential opportunity to win the state’s 21 electoral votes. While the campaign had expected a large Republican victory in Ohio, it turned out that Bush won by only 3.5 percentage points. If Gore had not pulled out in Ohio the result might have been different, and a victory in the state would have more than ensured the presidency for Gore. I believe that Florida will be the most interesting state in this election because only 537 votes out of more than 6 million cast in the Sunshine State in 2000 decided that George W. Bush would win Florida and ultimately the presidency. 537 votes! The question this election concerning Florida is whether the state, which has many more registered Democrats than Republicans, will show a voter turnout that reflects that fact.