Election junkies, to say nothing of Team Obama, are trying to figure out how the President gets to 270 electoral votes next year. Probably next to nobody has figured Tennessee's 11 electoral votes into that calculus, given the double-digit drubbing John McCain laid on him in 2008.

But if this poll from the Volunteer State is to be believed, perhaps that might be an oversight:

Vanderbilt University for The Tennesseean. (6/3-6/8, Tennessee Voters, No trendlines)

Barack Obama (D) 37
Mitt Romney (R) 35

Barack Obama (D) 37
Tim Pawlenty (R) 28

Barack Obama (D) 38
Michele Bachmann (R) 27

Barack Obama (D) 38
Newt Gingrich (R) 26

Barack Obama (D) 43
Sarah Palin (R) 29

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