I know it is too close to call and the race could go either way at this point. The usual rhetoric from mainstream press might make sure the tension in the race stays alive but I feel that the Obama campaign and his Change juggernaut is rolling along and has gathered enough mass to make it to the white house !

Here is why I thought so. Look at this prediction calculator from CNN. Obama may be closer to the white house than he was a few weeks ago !

Granted that there is still a lot of battleground states that could swing either way but look at the momentum in Missouri, Wisconsin, New Hampshire and Nevada right now in these recent polls from various sources.

Obama is almost 10 points ahead in New Hampshire, almost 9 points ahead in Wisconsin and is about a point ahead in Nevada and Missouri.

Now, it would be stupid to call it over before people even voted ! The margins are slender in Nevada and Missouri but consider this. Both these states have not voted Blue in a long time ! In fact, the last democratic presidential candidate to carry both these states was Clinton in 1996 ! So, the fact that Obama has sprung back from a 5 point lag to a 1 point lead is huge (about a 6 point swing) ! Clearly, the economy is on the voters’ minds in these states as the election draws closer.