[oberon01610]

This is just further proof that it is over. There was a previous thread that had data that 44 of Ohio's 88 counties had reported and after the provisional and everything if Kerry got every ballot from the rest of the counties (including Cuyahoga) then he would still fall short by about 18,000 votes. When you add these 8,099 to that the best that Kerry could is end up 26,000 votes short.

[TNCMAXQ]

Has anyone analyzed whether the provisionals have broken down along the same numbers as the regular vote in the counties where they have been counted? If that is the case then Mr Bush's margin should hold at abot 51-49 statewide. As has been said before, even if kerry had gotten 100% of them he still would have fallen short. It is a mathematical impossibility for him to overtake GWB. The only remaining hurdle seems to be this recount that the nutjobs are demanding but there is no guarantee it will even happen.

[XJarhead]

There was a previous thread that had data that 44 of Ohio's 88 counties had reported and after the provisional and everything if Kerry got every ballot from the rest of the counties (including Cuyahoga) then he would still fall short by about 18,000 votes. When you add these 8,099 to that the best that Kerry could is end up 26,000 votes short.

Actually, its even better than that. 8,099 votes for Bush also means 8,099 ballots that were not Kerry votes. That's puts Kerry an additional 16,198 votes short, so his best possible lost is 34,198.

Obviously, reality is going to be much worse for him. He'll lose by well over 100,000 votes.