Tuesday, November 4, 2008

10:21 p.m. ET CNN CNN PROJECTS TEXAS FOR MCCAIN; OBAMA LEAD NOW 207-129

Sen. John McCain has just scored his biggest electoral win of this contest, picking up 34 electoral votes by winning in Texas. McCain still trails Obama, 207-129.

10:11 p.m. ET CNN CALLS ARKANSAS FOR MCCAIN; OBAMA LEADS, 207-95

Bill Clinton may have come from there, but Arkansas stays blood red this time, giving John McCain a win, with Obama still comfortably leading.

10 p.m. CNN CALLS IOWA FOR OBAMA; UT, KAN. FOR MCCAIN; OBAMA LEAD NOW 206-89


The Hawkeye state is in Barack's corner now, while red states Utah and Kansas stay red and go to McCain. The magic number for clinching is now 64.

9:48 p.m. ET CNN CALLS N.M. FOR BARACK, LOUISIANA FOR MCCAIN; BARACK'S LEAD NOW 199-78


The land of enchantment is the latest state to officially come through for Barack Obama. In restaurants in that state, servers ask "red or green?" to patrons, asking them what kind of chile they want on their food. Well tonight, the color is blue. It defies all reason why Louisiana would pick a Republican candidate after the way Dubya treated its residents after Hurricane Katrina, but it did.

9:35 p.m. ET CNN CALLS OHIO FOR BARACK; LEAD EXPANDS TO194-69


The Buckeyes have backed Barack. Time is running out for John McCain, as Obama takes away a key battleground state, in Ohio. The magic number to clinch is now 76.

9:23 p.m. ET CNN CALLS W.VA. FOR MCCAIN; BARACK'S LEAD NOW 174-69

West Virginia, according to CNN, will remain red, as John McCain has been projected to win that state.

9:12 p.m. ET CNN CALLS GEORGIA FOR MCCAIN; BARACK'S LEAD NOW 174-64

Things don't turn out peachy in Georgia for Team Obama, as McCain takes the state, drawing to within 110 points, 174-64.