Larry Sabato sayeth... Obama 364 McCain 174

[underpants]

http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2008/president/electoratemap.php

[MadMaddie]

1. Can we get 400?

I want a historical crushing defeat! Nothing else will do!!

[MidwestTransplant]

9. 270 would do for me. The only additional states we cold possibly get would be IN and possibly GA.

No way to get to 400.

[fujiyama]

17. I think 400 will be really tough to get

That would require GA, IN, and a few other states not as likely to fall into place like MT and ND.

[stray cat]

2. I like the color blue

[corkhead]

3. conservative, but I will take it.

[Happyhippychick]

4. Damn! That's it?

:)

[BlueManDude]

5. I think McCain will take at least one of FL and OH.

[yellowcanine]

6. That is one real purty map but I would like to see Indiana go blue also.

Come on Gary. You can do it. GOTV and make the Hoosier State blue.

[featherman]

7. I still like IN for another 11. A great night would add MT, ND, GA

[milkyway]

19. You forgot AZ and CD1 and CD2 of Nebraska.

:)

[Smuckies]

8. Indiana red?

When did that change? I think we're going to win it.

[Jennicut]

10. Wow. I don't have even have MO, FL, or NC on my little interactive map.

I think these guys like Sabato and Cook know what they are talking about so..WOW!

[kenny blankenship]

11. What is it about the Missouri River especially the west bank, that makes ppl vote Repuke?

Something in the Missouri River water? An ancient Indian Curse? The fact that they've been geographically isolated for so long, cut off from contact with the rest of the world? There's an ugly red stripe from Abilene TX to Bismark ND-an axis of weasel lying along the longitude of 100°W. The only thing that seems to physically correspond to this line is the Missouri River.

Is it a legacy of the Indian Wars? Perhaps it's because beyond the Missouri and up to the Rockies, the wars of extermination against America's indigenous people are a more recent memory than elsewhere, and a more of an active part of the political culture?

I'm sure I'm offending literally dozens of people with this generalizing speculation about memories of genocide and party affiliation. If you're offended by this rest assured I was absolutely thinking of you in particular when I wrote those horrible slanderous things about your region.

[underpants]

12. In '92 the Clinton team's strategy was the coasts and the Miss. River

[kenny blankenship]

18. Same ugly red stripe from Mexico to Canada

[neverforget]

13. Just like my bet I made with a coworker except I have Indiana going to Obama for 375

He has 378 with North Dakota going to Obama. I actually hope I lose this bet because whoever is closest to the final tally has to buy the other a milkshake. More for Obama = more of a mandate! Go Obama!

[Virginia Dare]

14. He's calling Missouri for Obama? WOW!!!...n/t

[sarahdemva]

15. is this his final monday update?

[underpants]

16. No- final "tweaks" are tomorrow

[Frank Booth]

20. This looks pretty good to me. I think Obama will win Missouri, considering how he closed

there in the primaries. It seems like it's always late before Missouri's called.

I'll be kind of surprised if he wins both Florida and Ohio, but it's possible I guess.