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By: RS Janes

RS Janes — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:17:12 +0000

Obama’s been declared the ‘unofficial’ winner in North Carolina, not that he needs the 15 EVs, but it’s a nice pad for his margin and a southern state, and Dems winning in the south just scares the hell out of the GOP.

Obama unofficial winner in North Carolina
http://www.newsobserver.com/politics/story/1283680.html
By Lynn Bonner, Staff Writer
Raleigh News-Observer

“Democrat Barack Obama is the unofficial winner in North Carolina, but the victory over Sen. John McCain won’t be sealed until provisional ballots are counted and certified next month.

“Unofficial returns show Obama ahead by 13,746 votes.

“Trends over the last 14 years point to Obama having a wider lead after the provisionals are counted, said Gary Bartlett, executive director of the State Board of Elections.”

Up in Canada, I couldn’t believe Harper won again but, as you say, having three parties split the vote left him with a bare majority. Can’t the Liberals and the Greens get together just to get rid of Harper anyway?

By: bittershaman2

bittershaman2 — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:49:14 +0000

You have to figure out how to split the conservatives too, then.
I think Obama was finally declared the winner of North Carolina after Bob Barr took just a fraction of the vote away from McCain. Sure those people might have stayed home without the option, but maybe some would have put McCain over.

By: alex

alex — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:22:16 +0000

I worry about Canada too. The simple answer to whats going on here is that we have a divided left…three parties battling for a share of the vote, while the conservatives win with about 35% support.

By: bittershaman2

bittershaman2 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:52:26 +0000

Yeah. We know all that.
We’re starting to worry a bit about our neighbor to the north, though…