Team McCain is full of good cheer this morning, and part of the reason is this John Fund column looking at the electoral college map in 2008. Perhaps most surprising? Imagine Republicans “trade” a loss in Ohio (where the state party crashed on the rocks in 2006) for a win in New Hampshire (which McCain has carried twice in two GOP primaries, and where independents love him).

Under that scenario, McCain wins, 270 electoral votes to 268.