As if Hurricane Sandy weren’t doing enough to muddle the presidential race a week before the election, the two campaigns now seem to be embracing two sharply different versions of political reality.

According to Jonathan Martin of Politico, the Romney reality is the electoral map is expanding, Minnesota and Pennsylvania are tightening, and the GOP candidate could win with over 300 electoral votes.

The real test of how serious Romney’s team is taking Pennsylvania and Minnesota — how they spend their human capital. Such an eyebrow-raising move would either show real confidence that they have a shot in those states or completely vindicate the Obama campaign’s line that Romney is casting about for an alternative path to 270 electoral votes. Read More