I think it's easy to beat up the candidates when they lose, but when you put things in perspective, it was really a pretty close race from a historical perspective. Check out these key states and how close they were.
Florida Barack Obama Dem 4,103,638 50.8% John McCain GOP 3,908,736 48.4%
Ohio Barack Obama Dem 2,673,958 51.2% John McCain GOP 2,469,544 47.2%
Missouri John McCain GOP 1,442,613 49.5% Barack Obama Dem 1,436,745 49.3%
North Carolina Barack Obama Dem 2,123,334 49.9% John McCain GOP 2,109,281 49.5%
Indiana Barack Obama Dem 1,367,264 49.9% John McCain GOP 1,341,101 49.0%
Virginia Barack Obama Dem 1,792,502 51.8% John McCain GOP 1,637,338 47.3%
Colorado Barack Obama Dem 1,109,328 52.6% John McCain GOP 966,957 45.8% |