GOP SoS: ''They Have a Fight Here in Indiana and It Is Real''

Courtesy of Blue Indiana, we hear that the race in Indiana is closer than the McCain campaign is willing to admit.

Republican Secretary of State Todd Rokita weighed in on the Hoosier state as CNN’s John King reports:

But Republican Secretary of State Todd Rokita, the state's chief elections officer, said Sen. John McCain's campaign had better take notice.

"They have a fight here in Indiana and it is real," Rokita said.

The numbers are dramatic: In 2004, 2.5 million ballots were cast for president in Indiana. And in that entire cycle, the state received some 565,000 new and updated registrations.

This year, the number is already in excess of 562,000 and given the recent spike in activity by campaigns and other organizations, Rokita tells CNN he expects to hit a record 750,000 by the state's October 6 registration deadline.

"I will say that this is the first time I have ever seen a Democratic presidential campaign this engaged in this state. Usually Indiana is No. 1 for the red states on election night when it comes to president," Rokita told CNN in an interview in his state Capitol office in Indianapolis. [emphasis added]

Now that is some straight talk.

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