"The red states have turned redder, while the blue states have turned purple, " Mehlman said, using a short-hand reference to states Bush carried as red and states Al Gore carried as blue.

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As a frame of reference, according to Nasdaq (NDAQ), short interest for RIMM shares climbed to 135 million shares at of January 15 up sharply from the 95.4 million shares that were short the stock on October 31.

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They have evaluated the vendors, conducted reference checks via social media and even gone so far as to test the short listed solutions by visiting colleagues who are using the product or downloading free trial versons.

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