OBAMA WINS OHIO - ELECTION OVER?

FOX CALLS OHIO FOR OBAMA, ONLINE SOURCES JOIN IN. MCCAIN’S PATH TO VICTORY VIRTUALLY ELIMINATED.

With Ohio and New Mexico now firmly in the Obama column, McCain would need to win at least one remaining blue state on the map on top of the rest of the red states leaning towards Obama in order to reach 27 electoral votes. Obama may lose Virginia, but his gains in the pure battlegrounds won by Bush in 2004 will be more than enough to make up for it. Florida and North Carolina would add to his totals if/when they are called - probably before 11 PM.

The atmosphere inside the McCain campaign is now dead, conservatives online and in the media are already talking about dealing with an Obama presidency and chatting up prospects in 2012. The tighter race than expected in Virginia had buoyed GOP hopes for the night, but any optimism is snuffed out with the huge loss of Bush’s 2004 winner and the backyard of “Joe the Plumber”: Ohio.

Obama seized the Buckeye State on the economy and with over 40% of undecideds breaking for him in the last week. That demo needed to go for McCain by enormous margins to produce a Republican victory. Working-class and Hillary voters also helped push Obama over the top. Taxes made virtually no difference in the race…

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