The media continues to hype Obama’s “50 state strategy” which has him spending significant amounts of campaign resources in places like Montana and North Dakota.  The media has even given Obama some adoring coverage with regard to his polling in these states.  And it is true, at least in my home state of North Dakota, that Obama has polled pretty closely to McCain so far this year.

But here’s the thing that puts a monkey wrench in Obama’s plan to turn these red states blue: Since November of last year Obama has gone from being three points ahead of McCain in North Dakota polling to three points behind him.

Meaning that for all those resources Obama has spent in North Dakota his polling numbers have gone down.  Which tells me that the more North Dakotans get to know Obama the less they like him.