The Stonecipher Report

Stonecipher's Election Night Prediction: Obama 321, McCain 217

Posted By: Stonecipher

Nov. 3, 2008

Iowa, Hillary's tears, Super Tuesday, Rev. Wright, Barack's 11-state winning streak, Hillary's 3 A.M. ad, McCain's nomination, the PUMAs, Hillary finally leaves, Joe Biden, the conventions, Sarah Palin, Charlie Gibson, Katie Couric, Saturday Night Live, Bill Ayers, the debates, Joe the Plumber, swing state polls, early voting - it all comes down to what happens tomorrow.

So what's going to happen?

I've spent the majority of my waking hours during the past few days piecing together what the big picture will be tomorrow night with a state-by-state analysis.  My eyes hurt from staring at this screen, my wrist hurts from typing and when I close my eyes I see a giant red and blue Electoral Map. 

While each of the 50 states (plus D.C.) in this election has it's own interesting story to tell, we know how states like California and Utah are going to turn out, so there's no need to dive into any of the states that are already locked up for either candidate. 

With that in mind, here's a look at the toss-ups, the lean Obama's, the lean McCain and the handful of states that are almost clinched for one candidate or the other - moving across the map from west to east, here we go:

Ron Paul Calls the Russian Invasion of Georgia in 2002

All of us who opposed the invasion of Iraq back in 2002 knew that the Bush/GOP policy of pre-emption would come back to bite us, but calling the Russian invasion of Georgia back then is some pretty fine work, even if it comes from everyone's favorite nutty Libertarian: