Or if Obama loses in MI, he can't get to 270 electoral votes.
Or if Obama loses in WI, he can't get to 270 electoral votes.
Or if Obama loses in MN, he can't get to 270 electoral votes.
Or if Obama loses in IA, he can't get to 270 electoral votes.
Or if Obama loses in NV, he can't get to 270 electoral votes.
Or if Obama loses in CO, he can't get to 270 electoral votes.
Or if Obama loses in NM, he can't get to 270 electoral votes.
Heck, I'd posit that if Obama loses in NH, with its 4 electoral votes, he can't get to 2070 electoral votes.
In 2012, Obama will not carry IN or NC or VA or OH or FL, nor the Omaha CD that gave him one of NE’s electoral votes last time, nor any of the states that voted for McCain. Throw in the reapportionment of electoral votes following the 2010 Census, and Obama has to carry EVERY SINGLE REMAINING STATE in order to get to 270 electoral votes and win reelection. Given Obama’s precarious position in PA, MI, WI, NH and several other states, for him to win would be the equivalent of drawing an inside straight. Irrespective of how bad the GOP’s presidential field may seem to be, whoever wins the nomination will have an excellent chance of winning not only 270 electoral votes, but perhaps 350 electoral votes, if he or she can unite conservatives.
The key point. Which is why the media is working overtime to ensure liberal RINO scum like Slick Willard, Huntsman or some other fill-in-the-blank ends up with the GOP nod. A bad split is the only way to ensure a Zero regime continuation.
There is one scenario in which Obama has to carry only 19 states plus DC to garner 271 evs - and these are all states he carried last time.
Whomever wins 2 of the 3 following states will be elected president - FL, PA, OH
I hope your numbers are right, but then there are the American people who don’t like to admit they erred.