His friendliness to blacks, according to Webster Brooks, the political director of the National Black Republican Leadership Council, is intended to increase his share of the black vote in the mid-west, which could provide the margin of victory in the region that traditionally decides the election.

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John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee, cannot count on rural voters to provide him a winning margin in the November presidential election.

NPR: Poll: Rural Voters Not Reliably Republican in 2008

As in the 2000 election, military voters this year are likely to flock to Mitt Romney and provide the margin of victory he needs in Florida to add 29 Electoral College votes to the Republican total.

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Those voters could very well provide the winning margin in what promises to be a close race.

CNN: Bill Press: Seducing the McCainiacs

Here are some of the stocks that we think have further upside if gold stays flat or continues higher, and according to our methodology, provide a margin of safety in the event of gold deflation.

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