Mandate? I got your mandate.... How about a nice Exclamation point for the end result of the 2008 election.
North Carolina brought the tally to 364 earlier today, and while Missouri is anyone's guess, it does appear that Omaha and it's 2nd Congressional District may yet split off for the first time and deliver one additional electorial vote for Obama, this one being from the dark red heartland...
Via Nate Silver, from the Omaha World-Herald:
Good news for Barack Obama supporters.
His odds of bagging an electoral vote in Nebraska grew stronger this morning, with word that 10,000 to 12,000 early ballots and 5,200 provisional ballots are left to count in Douglas County.
Obama won about 61 percent of the early votes counted before Tuesday's election. If that percentage holds with the early ballots left to count, Obama stands a strong chance of winning the Omaha-area 2nd Congressional District.
Republicans did not concede defeat this morning, but they acknowledged the long odds.
John McCain held a 569-vote lead over Obama in the 2nd District at the end of Tuesday.
"I will remain cautiously hopeful but not cautiously optimistic," said Hal Daub, state director for McCain. "I'm disappointed (in the numbers). We really worked hard here, against substantial resources being poured into Nebraska."
News today that Axelrod is on as Senior Advisor is equally good in my opinion.
Mandates are a good thing :)