Talk about a toxic environment for Republicans in this presidential election year. Between gas prices and the sour economy, Iraq and President Bush's dismal ratings, it seems a tuna sandwich could win the White House back for Democrats. Don't bank on it.

Twenty weeks before Election Day, the electoral map is pointing to the potential for another general election decided by a razor-thin margin. For all the GOP woes and Democratic optimism, that map
shows Republican Sen. John McCain well-positioned in enough key states to win the necessary 270 electoral votes.

Most political
analysts say Barack Obama is more likely to pick off Ohio than Florida. But Democratic pollster David Beattie sees the Sunshine
State as possibly more fertile for Obama than the Buckeye State.
Florida has a bigger African-American population, he noted, and as more
of a growth state offers far more educated suburban voters who often
don't vote. (full story here)