We've all seen electoral college scenarios conjecturing different combinations of state wins that would produce an Obama victory. All these diaries are premised on the idea that Obama might lose some closely contested states and still win the general election. However, all these diaries proceed on one faulty assumption: that this is a close election that McCain could still win under conventional circumstances.
The truth is that this race is no longer really in doubt. Obama will likely win in Pennsylvania, Virginia and Colorado, as well as New Mexico. So, even if Obama didn't flip Ohio or Florida or New Hampshire to the Democratic ledger, he would still win this race.
And yet, there is an electoral scenario under which McCain could still pull out an electoral victory under those circumstances. More, below the fold:
Unlike the Pennsylvania strategy, this is a strategy that the McCain has kept under wraps. Known only as the "Luthor Strategem", it is the ultimate "Hail Mary" pass.
The McCain strategy turns on California. Under normal circumstances, California could be expected to vote for the Democratic candidate. The Luthor Strategem is reported to be able to change this dynamic, literally creating a tectonic shift in California's politics. This diarist has been able to learn the outlines of the Luthor Strategem.
Please note the below map of California:
Per this strategem, a huge rupture along the San Andreas could send the entire California coastline into the Pacific Ocean. This would mean the loss of millions of voters - the vast majority of whom are Democratic-leaning voters. The interior would remain reliably Republican, thereby delivering California's 55 electoral votes to McCain.
At this moment in time, the diarist has not been able to learn more about the mechanism the McCain campaign has in mind to trigger this historic dramatic demographic and geographic shift in California, but the plan appears to have been masterminded by a mysterious scientist named Lex Luthor. Top scientists -- or as Sarah Palin calls them, "devil-worshipping witches and heretics" -- are hard at work on bringing this plan to fruition. This diarist will continue his efforts to unearth the details of this plan.