Looks like AP is finally calling Missouri for McCain :(

[democrattotheend]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MISSOURI_PRESIDENT?SITE=RIPRJ&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Oh well, 365 electoral votes is pretty darn good. McCain can have Missouri.

[BootinUp]

1. or Missouri can have McCain, and they can give back

the reputation of always picking the President.

[riqster]

2. We won the contest that mattered nt

[struggle4progress]

3. McCain Takes Missouri (WaPo)

By Garance Franke-Ruta

... McCain has won Missouri's 11 outstanding electoral votes, taking victory in the state by a fraction of a percent, for a final total of 173 electoral college votes to Obama's 365. McCain won with 1,445,812 votes (49.4 percent) to Obama's 1,442,180 (49.3 percent) -- a 3,632 vote difference.

All told, third party candidates in the state won 1.3 percent of the vote, according to records posted by the Secretary of State's office. The independent ticket of Ralph Nader and Matt Gonzalez led among third party voters, with .6 percent.

"At this point, every vote has been counted," said Laura Egerdal, communications director for the Office of the Secretary of State of Missouri. "All the provisional ballots have been counted."

The state is required to certify the results as official by Dec. 9 ...

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/11/19/mccain_takes_missouri.html?hpid=topnews

[BlooInBloo]

4. Yup - lost by a couple thousand.

[JoePhilly]

5. Obama plus Nader beat McCain plus Barr ... so MO was actually more BLUE than RED