Sorry for the brevity of this post. Just wanted to send this little tib-bit along from everyones' favorite political operative.
Karl Rove Predicts Obama Blowout
Karl Rove, who is widely credited as the mastermind behind President Bush's election victories in 2000 and 2004, predicts that Democratic nominee Barack Obama will win Tuesday's election with 338 electoral votes while Republican John McCain garners 200. The forecast puts Rove at the higher end of predictions for an Obama victory, even with several of the closest states being awarded to McCain.
According to the final 2008 polling map posted on the Rove & Co. website, Obama will take a wide swath of tossup and red states, including Virginia, Ohio, Florida, Colorado and Nevada. The former Bush political adviser predicts McCain will hold on to North Carolina, Indiana, Missouri and his home state of Arizona. Obama, according to the Rove map, will win easily by 10 points in Pennsylvania, where McCain has poured significant resources and campaign time.
Many of Obama's victories in red states will be won by 5 points or more, according to Rove's map, including Ohio (5 percent); Virginia (7 percent); Colorado (6 percent) and Nevada (7 percent). Several of McCain's wins will be nail-biters by comparison, including Florida (2 percent) and Missouri and North Carolina (less than 1 percent each).
Oh happy days.