Turn out the lights - Pennsylvania goes to Obama
Jake Turcotte
This was John McCain's key state.
The path to 270 electoral votes went straight through Pennsylvania. It was a must-have.
You'll remember McCain campaign manager Rick Davis talking about Pennsylvania two nights ago.
"If Barack Obama hasn鈥檛 closed the deal with them after two years in the campaign and a year as the nominee of their party, maybe they鈥檙e holding out for a good reason,鈥� he said following a campaign rally. 鈥淣ow, maybe they just decided not to vote and they don鈥檛 want to say that because everyone they know is voting. So we鈥檒l see. If we see the vote drop below 130 million, you鈥檒l know they didn鈥檛 show up. If it goes over you鈥檒l know they came out. I think that鈥檚 a good chance for us to win."
MSNBC's Chris Matthews put it as blunt as you could.
"The John McCain plan for victory has crashed,'' said Matthews.