In The Hotline's survey of state polls, President Bush leads in 26 states worth 218 electoral votes and John Kerry leads in 18 states worth 221 electoral votes (270 needed to win).

* In The Hotline's survey of state polls, President Bush leads in 26 states worth 218 electoral votes and John Kerry leads in 18 states worth 221 electoral votes (270 needed to win).... ABC News/Washington Post poll: Bush 50 percent, Kerry 47 percent, Ralph Nader 1 percent.... Bush, in third debate: "A plan is not a litany of complaints, and a plan is not to lay out programs that you can't pay for." ... "Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough." ... "In all due respect, I'm not so sure it's credible to quote leading news organizations about--oh, never mind." ... Bush at Arizona rally: "Someday an American president will be sitting down with a leader from Iraq, elected by the people, talking about how to keep the peace in a troubled part of the world, talking about how to spread liberty to corners of the world that need liberty, talking about how to make sure the example of a free society shines brightly for all. And our children and our grandchildren will be better off for it."