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John McCain just got five more reasons to really, really hope for the focus of the U.S. presidential campaign to move off the economy - a new set of CNN/Opinion Research polls showing his campaign faltering in five key swing states.
Minnesota - Obama 54%, McCain 43%
Missouri - Obama 49%, McCain 48%
Florida - Obama 51%, McCain 47%
Nevada - Obama 51%, McCain 47%
Virginia - Obama 53%, McCain 44%
The CNN poll results reflect, generally speaking, the trend in several battleground states over the past week and a half as the U.S. financial crisis became a top-drawer issue in Co[...]