The New York Times Is Reading My Thoughts
Well, not really. But look at this recent NYT story about Electoral College shifts, which discusses something I pointed out in an email from August of last year:

Check this out:

-If the states go the same way as in 2000, Bush picks up 7 EC votes due to Census reapportionment, making it 278-260 Bush.

-Bush lost Iowa (7), New Mexico (5), Oregon (7), and Wisconsin (10) by less than 10,000 votes. Flipping those 4 states makes it 307-231 Bush in 2004.

My email was inspired by the Electoral College Calculator. Take a look!

Marc