You know this whole thing could still come down to Ohio.

The presidential race was so close last time, in fact, that the margin averaged out to just nine votes per precinct across the Buckeye state. That's one of the motivating points in a new GOTV video on YouTube, which Obama's aides uploaded on Thursday night, appealing for more volunteers in the homestretch.

The feature starts with footage from Obama's recent address to a statewide meeting for organizers, and then dashes through images of Ohio scenery and hard-working volunteers. Like other Obama GOTV messages, the video closes by pressing supporters to remember that victory would be enthralling, but defeat is always possible. In other words, Don't Let Up.

Comments (35)

1. Four states will tell the tale...Obama winning two of them nearly assures a victory, three guarentee it.

   Ohio

   Pennsylvania

   Virginia

   Florida

   S'why I think we'll know by atleast 11pm...maybe even 10pm. POSSIBLY 9pm on Tuesday night.

   Posted by Maskdelta at 10/30/2008 @ 8:45pm

2. This kind of makes me glad all the major news outlets have decided to not call the election until at least the West Coast polls close. The last thing that needs to happen is that voters think it no longer matters and sit home.

   Posted by yutsano at 10/30/2008 @ 9:05pm

3. No worries about staying home here on the West Coast. We have mail in voting here in Oregon, almost all of Washington has the same, and there is much of it in California.

   As is, our votes will not need counting. By the time our polls close, assuming the massive Democrat trends hold in these parts, Obama will be ready to go over the top.

   Posted by onthehelm at 10/30/2008 @ 9:32pm

4. Ohio would be nice ...

   But it's not necessary ...

   We're going LEFT baby!

   Posted by bleedingheart at 10/30/2008 @ 10:14pm

5. Pre-emptive ejection: Audience members removed at McCain rally in Cedar Falls

   By Dylan Boyle -- Daily Staff Writer | Tuesday, October 28, 2008 2:57 pm

   Audience members escorted out of Sen. John McCain's, R-Ariz., campaign event in Cedar Falls questioned why they were asked to leave Sunday's rally even though they were not protesting.......

   "I saw a couple that had been escorted out and they were confused as well, and the girl was crying, so I said ‘Why are you crying? and she said ‘I already voted for McCain, I'm a Republican, and they said we had to leave because we didn't look right,'" Elborno said. "They were handpicking these people and they had nothing to go off of, besides the way the people looked.".............

   Despite repeated attempts, McCain's campaign could not be reached for comment.......

   Posted by frosty zoom at 10/30/2008 @ 10:21pm

6. Posted by Maskdelta at 10/30/2008 @ 8:45pm

   Actually the funny thing is, even if he lost all of those, according to the current electoral map it would still be 284-281 in favor of Obama. He could still lose EVERY toss up state. As long as he takes all the ones he that are leaning him or solid him. I did a breakdown giving McCain FL, VA, PA, OH, MO, MT, ID which I think is more than McCain can possibly hope for and Obama still has more of the electoral college.

   Posted by Cccomfo1 at 10/30/2008 @ 10:32pm

7. Oh.. I thought this was going to be funny, like the one showing the guy on the bike biting it just before the finish line. Sorry, my bad..

   Posted by takemyveepplease at 10/30/2008 @ 10:52pm

8. Posted by Cccomfo1 at 10/30/2008 @ 10:32pm

   There IS a "McCain victory" scenario...I've run it on Real Clear Politics polls "Create Your Own Map"...

   but it involves McCain picking up ALL the Bush-2000 states...or a few Kerry-2004 states...and unless Virginia, or especially Pennsylvania, is wildly off, that can't happen.

   Posted by Maskdelta at 10/30/2008 @ 10:53pm

9. By the time our polls close, assuming the massive Democrat trends hold in these parts, Obama will be ready to go over the top. Posted by onthehelm at 10/30/2008 @ 9:32pm

   Hope so! I voted for Obama in Washington state on October 17th. Now we wait...

   Posted by Be Good at 10/31/2008 @ 01:22am

10. wake up america obamas over the top allright in just about every way he can be if this guy was white he would have never made it this far has the country gone so far trying to be PC that their going to make this guy president wake up

    Posted by heyyou at 10/31/2008 @ 01:34am

11. wake up america obamas over the top allright in just about every way he can be if this guy was white he would have never made it this far has the country gone so far trying to be PC that their going to make this guy president wake up Posted by heyyou at 10/31/2008 @ 01:34am

    Something tells me that "heyyou" is not part of the group that must be concerned about being taxed by Obama.

    But "heyyou" ... you can benefit from the educational tuition credits that they can receive for community service.

    This election has turned over rocks that haven't been turned over in awhile ... what is crawling out from under those rocks is alarming if not disgusting.

    Posted by Hoot at 10/31/2008 @ 02:33am

12. I suspect we'll know Obama's won this election when the networks call North Carolina for the Democrats. I do have a question about exit polling this year, however: Is it covering the early voters? Because exit polls will almost certainly skew to the right otherwise. And that could provide cover for Diebold/McCain, if you take my meaning.

    Posted by KevinRiley at 10/31/2008 @ 04:32am

13. Not to worry. Obama will win. But not until after things get interesting..

    Posted by chaoszen at 10/31/2008 @ 05:29am

14. Posted by heyyou at 10/31/2008 @ 01:34am |

    We're deciding we want an intelligent President after 8 years of Bush - as opposed to 4 years of his "li'l buddy" McGilligan and Whack-job

    Posted by leftofcenter at 10/31/2008 @ 06:53am

15. I wonder if the so-called "Bradley Effect" is just a smokescreen to preemptively discredit the exit polls...

    Posted by drhammer at 10/31/2008 @ 10:01am

16. Posted by drhammer at 10/31/2008 @ 10:01am

    Well, Doc, you KNOW that even if Obama wins by a landslide, the Right is working up SOME excuse for it.

    Going to be hard to use "ACORN stolt it" or "Media in the bag for Obama" if it's lopsided.

    Posted by Maskdelta at 10/31/2008 @ 11:02am

17. A little something for the credulous to chew on while you're waiting for Obama to show us just how "antiwar" he is:

    http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=13698

    "Progressive" Obama voters will need to be careful of Afghan and Russian "landmines" on their way to the polls.

    Posted by john lowell at 10/31/2008 @ 11:05am

18. MASK, I think you can forget about Florida, but you're on the money with the other three. Ohio and PA are looking good. Virginia, too close to call.

    Hey, if I'm wrong I'll eat a hair pie.

    Posted by jackwells at 10/31/2008 @ 11:13am

19. There IS a "McCain victory" scenario...I've run it on Real Clear Politics polls "Create Your Own Map"... but it involves McCain picking up ALL the Bush-2000 states...or a few Kerry-2004 states...and unless Virginia, or especially Pennsylvania, is wildly off, that can't happen. Posted by Maskdelta at 10/30/2008 @ 10:53pm

    Yeah I ran the scenario too. The problem is it is unlikely unless the polling has been wildly inaccurate. Would take a certain amount of pure luck for it to happen.

    Posted by Cccomfo1 at 10/31/2008 @ 12:22pm

20. Heyyou. You seem to be a rascist, stating that Obama's color has made him what he is.

    Posted by piglizard420 at 10/31/2008 @ 12:57pm

21. Posted by jackwells at 10/31/2008 @ 11:13am

    McCain has to win all the "Big States" to win it...PA, OH, FL, VA, etc. to win it. Lose one, he has to pick up a "Kerry-2004 state". Lose two, he has to pick up 2 "Kerry states". Lose three...he's finished.

    Posted by Maskdelta at 10/31/2008 @ 1:54pm

22. McCain has to win all the "Big States" to win it...PA, OH, FL, VA, etc. to win it. Lose one, he has to pick up a "Kerry-2004 state". Lose two, he has to pick up 2 "Kerry states". Lose three...he's finished. Posted by Maskdelta at 10/31/2008 @ 1:54pm

    Yep. And it's looking as though that could happen, at least according to the NPR map below.

    http://www.npr.org/news/specials/election2008/2008-election-map.html

    Posted by jackwells at 10/31/2008 @ 2:10pm

23. Among the many reasons for choosing McCain over Obama, the chance to shoot a liberal Democrat has got to rank right up there.

    Erica Jong Tells Italians Obama Loss 'Will Spark the Second American Civil War. Blood Will Run in the Streets' by Jason Horowitz | October 30, 2008

    It seems that the final days of the presidential campaign have made Erica Jong and her friends more than a little anxious.

    A few days ago, Jong, the author and self-described feminist, gave an interview to the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, the choicest bits of which were brought to my attention by the reliably sharp-eyed Christian Rocca, the U.S. correspondent of Il Foglio, who published excerpts on his Camillo blog. Basically, Jong says her fear that Obama might lose the election has developed into an "obsession. A paralyzing terror. An anxious fever that keeps you awake at night." She also says that her friends Jane Fonda and Naomi Wolf are extremely worried that Obama will be sabotaged by Republican dirty tricks, and that if an Obama loss indeed comes to pass, the result will be a second American Civil War.

    Posted by pontificus at 10/31/2008 @ 2:45pm

24. "Media in the bag for Obama" if it's lopsided.

    It sounds like you don't believe it...if that's the case, you've got to be kidding. Even admitted Democrat journalists have written about how the coverage has been over the top and fawning over Obama.

    Posted by usc1 at 10/31/2008 @ 4:30pm

25. Posted by pontificus at 10/31/2008 @ 2:45pm

    Yep...right after Rush said it in his final hour!

    Like The Monster to Dr. Frankenstin--

    PONTI buy gold future....errrgg...arrrhhh....PONTI go to Ruth's Chris....aaahhh...errrggg....PONTI buy Life-Lock.....aaahh....errggggh.

    Posted by Maskdelta at 10/31/2008 @ 4:33pm

26. Erica Jong Tells Italians Obama Loss 'Will Spark the Second American Civil War. Blood Will Run in the Streets' by Jason Horowitz | October 30, 2008

    That sounds more like wishful thinking than any kind of reality-based fear.

    Jesus! shoot Democrats? Have the culture wars devolved to that level.

    Posted by jackwells at 10/31/2008 @ 5:30pm

27. To get off topic here, the Nation seems to have missed the lead story in this morning's Washinton Post about Bush's efforts at last-minute deregulation. One would think it would merit some recognition.

    Posted by jackwells at 10/31/2008 @ 5:32pm

28. This was an awesome video!!! Keep it going!

    Posted by wrkgmom.mn at 10/31/2008 @ 6:47pm

29. Hey - would one of you lefties please clue Obama in that people don't generally 'get their chance at the American dream' - from the government? Well, not unless you're John Edwards, anyway.

    Obama's New Attack on Those Who Don't Want Higher Taxes: ‘Selfishness'

    October 31, 2008 10:58 AM

    On the stump this week, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., has pushed back against Sen. John McCain's description of his tax policies.

    "The reason that we want to do this, change our tax code, is not because I have anything against the rich," Obama said in Sarasota, Fla., yesterday. "I love rich people! I want all of you to be rich. Go for it. That's the American dream, that's the American way, that's terrific.

    "The point is, though, that -- and it's not just charity, it's not just that I want to help the middle class and working people who are trying to get in the middle class -- it's that when we actually make sure that everybody's got a shot – when young people can all go to college, when everybody's got decent health care, when everybody's got a little more money at the end of the month – then guess what? Everybody starts spending that money, they decide maybe I can afford a new car, maybe I can afford a computer for my child. They can buy the products and services that businesses are selling and everybody is better off. All boats rise. That's what happened in the 1990s, that's what we need to restore. And that's what I'm gonna do as president of the United States of America.

    Posted by pontificus at 10/31/2008 @ 10:46pm

30. Posted by pontificus at 10/31/2008 @ 10:46pm

    Thanks, PONTI.....

    Given your posts...I no longer have to scan the Drudge Report!

    heheh

    Posted by Maskdelta at 11/01/2008 @ 08:59am

31. how the coverage has been over the top and fawning over Obama. Posted by usc1 at 10/31/2008 @ 4:30pm | ignore this person | warn this person

    poor baby.

    Posted by emile duBois at 11/01/2008 @ 12:24pm

32. Posted by Maskdelta at 11/01/2008 @ 08:59am

    Isn't he hilarious?

    Pontificate: 1. the office or term of office of a pontiff. 2. to perform the office or duties of a pontiff. 3. to speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner: Did he pontificate about the responsibilities of a good citizen? 4. to serve as a bishop, esp. in a Pontifical Mass.

    LOL!!!!

    He must be some sort of bishop!

    Posted by TexasFlood at 11/01/2008 @ 12:42pm

33. TROY DAVIS,PLEASE REMEMBER THAT AMERICA IS NOT THE OLD SOUTH ~ AFRICA !!!

    A $TATE ECONOMIC BOYCOTT OF GEORGIA INTERNATIONALLY WILL OBVIOU$LY BE THE END RE$ULT OF GEORGIA DECIDING TO MURDER A PO$$IBLE INNOCENT TROY DAVI$ WITHOUT A NEW AND FAIR TRIAL ?

    US CONGRESSIONAL MEMBERS WHO ARE ALSO LAWYERS BY TRADE, CONTINUE TO DENY poorer AMERICAN'S PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION !!!

    THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NEEDS TO BEGIN A FORMAL INVESTIGATION INTO THESE US CONGRESSIONAL CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY, AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS BEING INFLICTED ON poorer AMERICAN'S LIKE MR.TROY DAVIS OF GEORGIA !!!

    HAVING BEEN DENIED APPEAL LAWYERS FOR THREE YEARS ON DEATH ROW IN GEORGIA MR. TROY DAVIS IS NOW BEING EXECUTED FOR A CRIME HE MIGHT NOT HAVE EVEN BEEN INVOLVED WITH !!!

    SENATOR OBAMA PLEASE LET THIS COUNTRIES VOTERS KNOW YOUR FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS ABOUT A NEEDED FUTURE REPAIR AND RENOVATION OF OUR BROKEN JUDICIAL SYSTEM THAT CONTINUES TO ALLOW THE EXECUTION'S OF EVEN POSSIBLE INNOCENT AMERICAN'S LIKE TROY DAVIS OF GEORGIA ?????

    BEING THE WEALTHIEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD SENATOR OBAMA, DON'T WE NEED AS THE LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD TO BEGIN ONCE AGAIN TO RE-INVEST THE PROPER MONIE$ IN OUR OWN US JUDICIAL SYSTEM, ASSURING ALL OF OUR CITIZENS THEIR RIGHTS TO FAIR TRIALS WITH PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION ???

    DOES GOD NEED TO LOBBY OUR US CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS OF THE FREE WORLD ON BEHALF OF OUR poorer american's SENATOR OBAMA,OR ARE YOU WATCHING OUT FOR THEM ??

    ***OUR US CONGRESS CONTINUES TO DENY MIDDLE CLASS AND WORKING POOR AMERICANS PROPER LEGAL REPRESENTATION EVEN THOUGH WRONGFUL EXECUTIONS & FALSE INCARCERATIONS CONTINUE ALL ACROSS AMERICA ???

    *** 700 BILLION $$$ AVAILABLE FOR US BAILOUT, & NO $$$ FOR ALL POORER A

    Posted by DOUGLASFIELD at 11/01/2008 @ 2:38pm

34. While John McCain SPREADS AMERICA'S WEALTH to FLDS polygamists in Colorado City, Arizona who practice tyranny over women and children and receive 25-30 million a year in taxpayer handouts....

    ...I'm voting for BARACK OBAMA!!!

    Abraham Lincoln freed black slaves in America, and I'm BANKING ON HEAVEN that Obama frees John McCain's white slaves in Arizona.

    Watch the video:

    http://www.bankingonheaven.com/

    Posted by XPolygamistWife at 11/01/2008 @ 3:04pm

35. THEY ARE SUPPRESSING THE VOTE IN CLEVELAND OHIO

    MY NIECE, WHO IS A REGISTERED VOTER, WENT TO THE BOE TO VOTE EARLY AND WAS TOLD THAT SHE COULD NOT VOTE BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT FIND HER NAME IN THE LIST OF REGISTERED VOTERS. THEY CHECKED THEIR DATA BASE AND FOUND HER HUSBAND AND THEIR 2 ADULT SONS, BUT COULD NOT FIND HER NAME. SHE WAS GIVEN A PROVISIONAL BALLOT.

    WE CALLED THE VOTER CHALLENGE NUMBER 1-866-687-8683 AND THEY COULD NOT FIND HER NAME IN THEIR DATA BASE.

    WE KNOW THAT HER VOTE WILL NOT BE COUNTED. SHE IS A DEMOCRAT.

    SO...THEY ARE SUPPRESSING THE VOTE IN CLEVELAND OHIO!!!!!!!

    Posted by silverfox67 at 11/02/2008 @ 10:09pm