1.0City of Brasshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/cityofbrassAziz Poonawallahttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/cityofbrass/author/apoonawallaObama wins the Presidential Election - City of Brassrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="PrOX57n3Us"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/cityofbrass/2008/10/obama-wins-the-presidential-el.html">Obama wins the Presidential Election</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/cityofbrass/2008/10/obama-wins-the-presidential-el.html/embed#?secret=PrOX57n3Us" width="600" height="338" title="“Obama wins the Presidential Election” — City of Brass" data-secret="PrOX57n3Us" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Chris Bowers at Open Left does the math, and finds that Obama has already won. His reasoning: In order to win the election, all Barack Obama needs are the Kerry states, plus Colorado, Iowa and New Mexico. That adds up to 273 electoral votes. Obama leads by at least 9.5% in every Kerry state and…http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5ieXw28ZUpg/SQpkty4WUnI/AAAAAAAAAgU/Tz1Ik9BRKUY/S1600-R/1030_mainchart.png