Indiana has the blues: Election Night 2008

[LordChristan1]

gee you think he will win indy again...uh ya sure...he is only what under 30% approval there

[vgcq02]

Indiana proved itself to be a smart state.

[52jamaica]

Thank you Indiana:) You are the BEST... what did they expect...you brought US JOHN MELLENCAMP:)

[ickysdad]

@52jamaica Next time I hope I get some warning before Indiana goes Democrat when I heard it did I almost splattered  my TV screen with the soft drink I was drinking.

[mbs91388]

His key to winning Indiana was to make the rural areas close, (only lost by 11 pts) as well as the suburbs (only lost by 9 pts, 26 pts lower than Kerry), and lastly running up the numbers in these areas:

Marion County (64%-35%) - Indianapolis,

Lake County (67%-33%) - Gary/Crown Point,

St. Joseph County (58%-41%) - South Bend

Monroe County (66%-33%) - Bloomington

along with winning college campuses in Anderson, Muncie, West Lafayette.

[AtomikNY]

Obama won Indiana and North Carolina because he started campaigning in those states early and the Republicans didn't take him seriously. When they finally realized Obama was a real threat in those states, their response was too little too late. Obama had lots of resources and volunteers in both states; McCain had next to nothing.

Yes we did! Obama/Biden 2012!

[wisdaniel]

@AtomikNY Yes we did, and we will do it again in 2012.

[janaghol]

He will with his amazing leadership heal this country like he ran his campaign,, it will take time but we will come through this and make history,, I loved helping him do it and will continue...

[Worrier316]

I hope so. I hope President Obama heals this country.

[XMIKE920]

I was very shocked when Obama won Indiana Mccain was slightly ahead in the polls on election day. It was indeed the biggest suprise of the night.INDIANA THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GIVING VOTES TO OBAMA!!!!!!!

[Smackdown5]

Obama!!! I love this man and his agenda. Thank you INDIANA, FLORIDA, OHIO, VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA WE LOVE ALL OF YOU!

[oboy8904life]

this video makes me feel so good..i loved this campaign

[jorgemartinez18]

No doubt, Indiana the surprise of the night.

[kbean5588]

My mom kept asking me, "What should I be paying attention to during the returns?" I kept telling her, Indiana is among the sates with the earliest poll closings. I told her if Indiana is not called by 8pm, Obama will win the election. I always knew Indiana was gonna be close, but I NEVER expected it to actually go to Obama. Truly Stunning, and anyone from the state will tell you so too.

[indianapolitics]

The Democratic Tribune called this one from the jump. They kept reporting how Obama had superior organization and a damaging ground game in Indiana - while McCain refused to campaign there and had ZERO campaign offices.

[luvs2teach00]

Indiana was the surprise. I didn't think that Obama could win Ohio and Florida. The vote was so close in Missouri. I believed that if Obama won Indiana he could win Missouri. He almost won Montana and made it close in Georgia.

[Justinafifan24]

I figured Obama would win Georgia before he won Indiana. That was definitely the surprise of the night for me.

And like you I didn't think he would carry Florida. I kinda saw Ohio coming, but I never expected it to get called as early as it did.

Obama 2012!

[jorgemartinez18]

@luvs2teach00 He only lost Missouri by 3,436 vote's. So he didn't lose it by much. I think we're going to see a repeat of this to. I've always said if he gets the economy jumpstarted and job growth starts to go up. He's re-elected easily. Because lets face it, the Republican Party and the Tea Party can fight over health care all they want. But it doesn't do much good if people don't have job's to be able to afford health care.

[AtomikNY]

You rock Indiana!

[amateurextra58]

I am proud to have lived and voted in Indiana all my life and I am very jubilant that I voted for Obama in this first time that Indiana has gone 'blue' since 1964! Lyndon Johnson paved the way in 64 with the Executive Orders for Civil Rights and Barack Obama is that final result!!! Both years, 64 and 08, Indiana goes Democratic! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mhutchinson27]

it is very historic that obama won indiana