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Old 11-05-2008, 12:54 PM   #1
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& other news outlets for doing their best to make it look like it was going to be close down to the end.

Out here, they cut away to local news at 10:52 EST and it was 207 to 142. When they jumped back on at 11:00 it was over 300 for Obama. Looking at the fancy electoral map and seeing the trends in voting it was easy to tell that it was over pretty early.
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Old 11-05-2008, 01:38 PM   #2
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& other news outlets for doing their best to make it look like it was going to be close down to the end.

Out here, they cut away to local news at 10:52 EST and it was 207 to 142. When they jumped back on at 11:00 it was over 300 for Obama. Looking at the fancy electoral map and seeing the trends in voting it was easy to tell that it was over pretty early.
Yeah, but it unnecissarily kept up the hopes of my 12-year-old. Obama was at 200+, Obama had won Ohio, and the west coast polls hadn't even closed, so essentially it was way way over. Yet he held out hope, only to be dashed. I tried to explain, but he kept thinking there was a chance.

I blame NBC.
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Yeah, but it unnecissarily kept up the hopes of my 12-year-old. Obama was at 200+, Obama had won Ohio, and the west coast polls hadn't even closed, so essentially it was way way over. Yet he held out hope, only to be dashed. I tried to explain, but he kept thinking there was a chance.

I blame NBC.
It was almost comical..."the margin for McCain is narrowing, Chuck, what does he have to do?"

"Well Brian, win every swing state that he is currently losing in."
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It was almost comical..."the margin for McCain is narrowing, Chuck, what does he have to do?"

"Well Brian, win every swing state that he is currently losing in."
. . . plus California.
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