On CNN, John King just went through the electoral math required for McCain to win this thing now that Ohio has gone to Obama. The crowd at the Showbox went wild as, slowly, slowly, King used his magic map to flip state after hypothetical state into McCain’s hands: Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Florida, Virginia, North Dakota, South Dakota, Arizona, everything but the west coast states.
It still doesn’t add up to 270.
Which drove home this point: McCain needs Washington, Oregon, or California to win.
And he’s not going to get any of them.
The crowd saw this, realized that they were part of the brick wall of blue that McCain is running into on the west coast, and roared.
It’s really great that all the major networks are following Slog’s liveblogging lead tonight and using servers for their online broadcasts that don’t work for shit. For those of us who don’t have TV’s, would be fun to see some of this stuff.
Don’t forget to switch to Daily Show/Colbert coverage on Comedy Central @ 7 Pacific; I can’t imagine who else I’d want to watch confirm this victOry.
Hey guys come by and say hi I’m on the aurora bridge, hangin out.
I’ve managed to stay rather calm during this whole thing, but reading this has finally done it: I’ve got tears of joy in my eyes.
BEST POST EVER.
As soon as Ohio was called I went to my computer and went through that exercise using the NYT interactive map. I called it right then and there. Having already made the conclusion as I watched King going through the same exercise I wanted to say “hurry up and get to the point already! McCain is TOAST!”
As soon as Ohio was called I went to my computer and did that exact exercise with the NYT interactive map. I called it right then and there, then went back to the teevee and watched King go through the exact same exercise I had already did, knowing the conclusion even as he did it, and wanted to shout “get to the point already! McCain is TOAST!”