So McCain won Missouri, by just 3,632 votes! Yeah, maybe. As Ronald Reagan used to say, "Trust but verify."
The exit polls said otherwise, as the HuffPost piece below reminds us. But of course the exit polls are, somehow, always wrong.... Liz Calvin writes: "I'm from MO, and the 'vote counters' would have to show me that Mc Cain legitimately won. Did you see the largest crowd in this country at the Obama rally in St. Louis just before the election? He even had 40,000 show up in the so-called Bible belt in Springfield (where I was born to one of the handful of African American families mostly there since the 1800's.) Oh well, I just find it hard to believe." Of course, we cannot say with confidence that Obama won Missouri--but none can say with confidence that he did not. Until we have a voting system we can trust, we will have faith-based elections in this country. MCM http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/04/exit-polls-2008-see-the-f_n_140986.html Exit Polls 2008: See The Full Results The Huffington Post | November 4, 2008 12:34 PM The head to head exit polls just were sent to the Huffington Post by a Democratic source. These are traditionally unreliable and should be taken with a grain of salt (see: Kerry's winning margins in 2004). For what it's worth, they project a big night for Obama in several of the key swing states. The states looking good for Obama: Florida: 52 percent to 44 percent Iowa: 52 percent to 48 percent Missouri: 52 percent to 48 percent North Carolina: 52 percent to 48 percent New Hampshire: 57 percent to 43 percent Nevada: 55 percent to 45 percent Pennsylvania: 57 percent to 42 percent Ohio: 54 percent to 45 percent Wisconsin: 58 percent to 42 percent Indiana: 52 percent to 48 percent New Mexico: 56 percent to 43 percent Minnesota: 60 percent to 39 percent Michigan: 60 percent to 39 percent McCain wins Missouri in close race against Obama (final EV: Obama 365 McCain 173) McCain wins Missouri in close race against Obama (final EV: Obama 365 McCain 173) <http://journals.democraticunderground.com/sabra> Source: AP http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gM915... JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Republican John McCain has defeated President-elect Barack Obama in Missouri - the last state to be decided in the 2008 presidential election. McCain's narrow victory over Obama breaks a bellwether streak in which Missourians had picked the winning presidential candidate in every election since 1956. With all jurisdictions reporting complete but unofficial results, McCain led Obama by 3,632 votes Wednesday out of more than 2.9 million cast - a margin of 0.12 percentage points. ... Obama won 365 electoral votes. Missouri's 11 electoral votes will give McCain 173. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Mark Crispin Miller's "News From Underground" newsgroup. To unsubscribe, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR go to http://groups.google.com/group/newsfromunderground and click on the "Unsubscribe or change membership" link in the yellow bar at the top of the page, then click the "Unsubscribe" button on the next page. For more News From Underground, visit http://markcrispinmiller.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
