Is Wisconsin Winnable for McCain?

The Republican National Committee is pulling presidential ads in Wisconsin and Maine to focus on more Republican states where McCain may have some trouble.

While this is significant, this doesn't mean that the GOP has pulled out of Wisconsin completely. The McCain campaign plans to buy airtime until at least October 26.

The real question is "Is Wisconsin Winnable for McCain or should he pull out completely?"

According to Charles Franklin of pollster.com, McCain should give up Wisconsin and Pennsylvania and spend his time on Ohio and Flordia, states where he trails, but still has a chance of winning.

When you're down as far as he is, you have to pursue a minimum winning strategy. The best way to do to get that minimum is red states," Franklin said in an interview. "There's always a chance they know something that's happening internally in those states," he says, referring to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, but "I think the data is pretty compelling."

Meanwhile, the Obama campaign is still going strong in Wisconsin. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusets rallied for Obama in Madison alongside Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk and U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin.

While the outcome looks encouraging in Wisconsin for Barack Obama and Joe Biden, the hardest work still lies ahead of us. Wisconsin is a battle ground state,” Baldwin said. “In the past two presidential elections, our state was decided by less than 1 percent of the vote.”

According to pollster.com, Obama leads with 50.7 percent to McCain's 42.6 percent.