Discover GOP Opprobrium

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Today's installment of campaign-related news items that wouldn't generate a post of their own, but may be of interest to political observers.

* The McCain campaign and the RNC have two new robocalls. The first insists that Obama has "voted against ... protecting children from danger." The second goes after Obama's "bitter" comments, and says he and "elitist Democrats" want to take away people's guns.

* The National Republican Senatorial Committee is running ads in North Carolina that assume an Obama victory.

* As recently as July, the McCain campaign didn't see the need to even open a campaign office in the Republican stronghold of Indiana. Now, less than two weeks before Election Day, the McCain campaign has decided to spend several hundred thousand dollars on "a last-minute television buy" in the state.

* In Florida, Quinnipiac shows Obama leading McCain by five, 49% to 44%, while Mason-Dixon shows McCain leading by one, 46% to 45%.

* In Ohio, Quinnipiac shows Obama leading McCain by 14, 52% to 38%, while Time/CNN shows Obama up by four, 50% to 46%, and the Big Ten polling consortium shows Obama up by 12, 53% to 41%.

* In Pennsylvania, Quinnipiac shows Obama leading McCain by 13, 53% to 40%, while the Big Ten polling consortium shows Obama up by 11, 52% to 41%.

* In Virginia, Time/CNN shows Obama leading McCain by 10, 54% to 44%, while Mason-Dixon shows Obama leading by two, 47% to 45%,

* In Nevada, Time/CNN shows Obama leading McCain by five, 51% to 46%.

* In North Carolina, Time/CNN shows Obama leading McCain by four, 51% to 47%.

* In Indiana, the Big Ten polling consortium shows Obama leading McCain by 10, 51% to 41%.

* In West Virginia, Time/CNN shows McCain leading Obama by nine, 53% to 44%.

* In Iowa, the Big Ten polling consortium shows Obama leading McCain by 13, 52% to 39%.

* In Michigan, the Big Ten polling consortium shows Obama leading McCain by 22, 58% to 36%.

* In Minnesota, the Big Ten polling consortium shows Obama leading McCain by 19, 57% to 38%.

* In Wisconsin, the Big Ten polling consortium shows Obama leading McCain by 13, 53% to 40%.