2008.11.04
Analysis: Obama will win the presidency
CNN has just declared Obama the winner in Ohio. You'll recall that earlier this evening I laid out a generally-agreed up scenario:
If Obama held Pennsylvania, he'd hold all the Kerry states. Then he'd pick up Iowa, which seemed a given by both sides. And then he just needed to pick up one of a number of large swing states.
Ohio was one of those. So if CNN says Obama will win Ohio, that means Obama is going to win the presidency.
CNN hasn't connected those dots yet, but if you read my earlier blog post, you can.
Meanwhile, we'll wait up to see how Virginia goes. You'll notice that now that Northern Virginia has started to report in, the state has moved back into a tie on both CNN and the State Board of Elections website. We'll wait here until the bitter end.
-- Dwayne Yancey, senior editor
