Today's Numbers - October 29

The "somewhat less than $4 million" edition:









Repeat after me: Five days to go. Don't. Panic.

Another hint of tightening in the national trackers, but it's important to note that we've seen no equivalent shift in the state polls. The most likely explanation for this is that undecideds in red states are finally coming home to McCain, much as Democrats came home to Obama over the past few months. What this means for the ultimate results is... nothing. The election is not decided in the red states, or the blue states, but in the swing states. And in the swing states, Obama's doing just fine.