Virginia + Pennsylvania = Good Night Sleep

It is impossible for John McCain to win this election if he loses Pennsylvania and Virginia on Tuesday night. Even if he won every swing state on the map after that -- including Ohio, Florida, North Carolina, Indiana, Missouri, Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada -- he would still lose (you can play around with the electoral map and check for yourself here).

This assumes that Obama will carry every other blue state, plus Iowa. He has double digit leads in all of those states, so that is a fair assumption unless there is colossal voter fraud.

Speaking of which, given Obama's wide lead in many of the states mentioned above, if the results do in fact show him "losing," I would be very, very skeptical of those results. Every polling organization in the country can't be wrong about every state. I don't suspect that we will have this problem, but if we do, I'm not buying any of the crap about a Bradley Effect (in fact, someone on our site has written about the possibility of a Reverse Bradley Effect).

So, we might know who the next President of the United States of America is by 8:05 PM EST on Tuesday night. This has been such a long time coming for those of us who have been fighting this Bush administration for all of these years. I still can't get myself to think about the possibility, even when it appears imminent. I can't imagine the feeling I will have, and we all will have, if and when that happens on what can be one of the most historic nights of our lives.

We will be covering the whole night on our website, from 5PM-2AM EST. We will have guests from major media outlets, to Democratic Congressmen, to some of the top progressives in the country, to our correspondents from all over the country, to your calls. But most importantly, if that magical moment happens, we will not pretend to be objective - we will celebrate with unfettered joy.

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Comments

[boing007]

Anyway, I'm beginning to feel that the nightmare which began with Reagan is starting to come to an end. I have been in the battle lines since the 60's and even before with environmental issues when I was a child. I've talked to people 'til I'm blue (at least it's blue!) in the face, lost friends over it, been told "it can't happen here" and that it's "just politics", been asked questions by people who really do have computers of their own.

Have about being denounced and scorned for being an Idealist?

[jerrypl]

I from Pittsburgh, and I have a strong feeling that PA will give it to Barack Obama. The day is sunny, warm and pro-Democrat!!!

Here is a very important website written by a retired CEO of an Internet company. He has written extensively about the Paulson Bail-out and how bad it is.
Here is a link EVERYONE WHO HAS A FRIEND VOTING FOR MCCAIN SHOULD READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://market-ticker.denninger.net/

Karl Denninger is a rich man. He has never voted for a Democrat, but he is going to vote for Obama. read his post and find out why. This man is rich!!!!! but has been calling out the Neo-Cons for their crimes against the economy. Read his post and why.

He met with McCain handlers and they blew him off while attending a McCain dinner.

http://eye-on-washington.blogspot.com

Voting for Barack Obama has been a nation wide call from both the left and the right.

[Kassandra]

I know how you feel. I have participated and watched as the online organization has grown and resisted. I don't think they ever saw it coming or we probably wouldn't be here now and Huffpo certainly wouldn't have those huge ads for AT&T on the sidebars. Aren't they one of the telecoms that helped Bush spy on us?

Anyway, I'm beginning to feel that the nightmare which began with Reagan is starting to come to an end. I have been in the battle lines since the 60's and even before with environmental issues when I was a child. I've talked to people 'til I'm blue (at least it's blue!) in the face, lost friends over it, been told "it can't happen here" and that it's "just politics", been asked questions by people who really do have computers of their own.

It's been frustrating, terrifying and now, exhilarating to watch America finally start to wake up. I am not a Koolaid drinker for ANY side and I intend to stay active in helping my country recover.

Just so we don't forget what's ahead of us...go read this if you want to:
So Little Time, So Much Damage - NYT
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/opinion/04tue1.html?pagewanted=2

[Balzac]

Finally, we may have the opportunity to subject Bush to "aggressive interrogation techniques" to discover the extent of his anti-American activities.

[ihavenobias]

Good post Cenk.

[HurryUp1212009]

I'm holding my breath until dawn tomorrow, hoping it will the dawning of a New American Dream for ALL Americans, including the dumb bells who will vote for McCain today. Obama will even make THEIR lives better the next 4 years.

[ramblingjohnny]

The young turk is one hell of a great happening every night for me. Tonight it going to be the place to be!

[TomR]

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He has double digit leads in all of those states, so that is a fair assumption unless there is colossal voter fraud.
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Hi Cenk,

I think you mean ELECTION fraud. Voter fraud is the meme pushed by the GOP to deflect attention away from their own voter caging, purging and electronic vote flipping criminal activities.

- Tom

[tuttlemsm]

Good point, Tom.

[1099]

"He has double digit leads in all of those states, so that is a fair assumption unless there is colossal voter fraud."

Oh sure, it would have to be election fraud if Obama loses the election. The polls have never been wrong before; except for the last two elections of course.