Reply #125: Going by this map (same data, different method)

[bhikkhu]

http://www.270towin.com/2008_polls/mccain_obama/

Obama starts with 192 electoral votes. There are 145 accessible votes in the swing states, and many of the "weak republican" states may also be in play. Hillary starts with a more or less similar scenario.

So it is all very possible, and certainly no one will be asking for a coronation in the GE. One thing that comes to mind is a time-lapse progression the electoral-vote site put together showing the run-up and finish of the Bush-Kerry battle. Whole regions swung from one party to another, and states switched many times in close polling. The maps are enough to formulate a strategy and get to work....