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To: SmoothSail who wrote (279012)	11/5/2008 8:58:02 PM
From: greenspirit	Respond to of 793963

I can tell you how Florida went Blue. The difference was Tampa and surrounding area. Swipe two lines about 150 miles apart centered on Tampa across the center of Florida and that's where the big difference came from. McCain/Palin should have lived in that area and forgot about Pennsylvania. PA wasn't really close. I'll find two pictures and give you a side-by-side view in a few minutes.

To: SmoothSail who wrote (279012)	11/5/2008 9:35:28 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793963

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%