Dozen States On Road Map to White House ; Race in '12 Seen As 'More Like Bush-Gore' Than '08, Democratic Strategist Says

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The 2012 presidential race will be decided in a dozen swing states, and President Obama faces a hard road to victory in many of them.

"It appears this election will be much more like Bush-Gore" in 2000, said Democratic strategist Steve McMahon, co-founder of Alexandria-based Purple Strategies. "The president ain't gonna win by 95 electoral votes."

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Dozen States On Road Map to White House ; Race in '12 Seen As 'More Like Bush-Gore' Than '08, Democratic Strategist Says

Political strategists in both parties say the number of reliably Democratic states should give Mr. Obama at least 196 electoral votes, and the solidly Republican states should give the GOP nominee 191. With 270 electoral votes needed to win, the campaign will be fought in the battleground s...

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