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To: SiouxPal who wrote (151121)	11/4/2008 10:05:57 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361700

Pal, hopefully today we will begin celebrating. Something that we deferred 4 years ago. Here goes my first in a series of posts today. =========================== Pay attention to these states Here are the states to watch while following the presidential returns tonight. And remember, 270 Electoral College votes are needed for either Democrat Barack Obama or Republican John McCain to win. 7 p.m.: Polls close in three battleground states: Indiana, Florida and Virginia. Returns will start trickling in soon after. Florida's always important, but the other two are Republican bastions ( President George W. Bush won Indiana by 20 points four years ago) that appear to be in play. Obama's best chance to pick up a red state in this group is Virginia. If he gets one of the others, the race may be over. 7:30 p.m.: Ohio polls close but don't expect to see much for hours. McCain needs to hang on here to have a chance, or take a traditionally big blue state in its place. Shortly after 8 p.m.: Polls close in a bunch of key states -- including Missouri, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire. Missouri has a history of picking presidential winners, but if recent polls are correct, Obama could win without it and McCain needs it, but Pennsylvania may be the big blue-state prize McCain must claim. 8:30 p.m.: North Carolina polls close. If Obama wins here, we could be looking at a blowout. Later: It may take late West Coast poll closings to put a candidate over the top, but watch Colorado (polls close at 9 p.m.) and Nevada (10 p.m.) carefully -- Obama leads in each and, if he wins, he could give up Ohio and Florida and still get the victory. If McCain does better than expected in traditional battleground states and Virginia, the White House could be his with wins in the two Western states.