Obama Picks Up Mich., Minn., Wis., R.I.; McCain Takes Kans., N.D., Wyo., ABC News Projects Based on Exit Polls and Votes Counted [9:00 p.m. ET]
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CNN projects McCain wins North Dakota and Wyoming, Obama wins New York, Michigan and Minnesota.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has won the battleground state of Pennsylvania.
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Barack Obama, The Likely Winner
Democrat Barack Obama has won the battleground state of Ohio, the Associated Press is projecting, giving him another key prize of the presidential election so far and strongly dimming Republican John McCain's chances of victory.
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Mandate?
Hardly. At the time Glenn talked about it on the air Barack Obama had about 62 million votes to John McCain's 55 million. In 2004 George W. Bush collected 62 million votes (to Kerry's 59 million) -- actually a higher turnout than this year. As the final returns come in, it could pass the total---but either way this is not some super mandate for Barack Obama. The media, however, will sell that load of bull all day long.
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