Indiana has the blues: Election Night 2008

This video is dedicated to Clinton Staffer Mickey Kantor. If you don't know why, see "War Room," specifically the scene where the exit polls come into Clinton HQ on Election Day 1992. MSNBC projects Indiana at 2am EST, eight hours after the polls closed in the Hoosier State on Election Day 2008.

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[jorgemartinez18]

No doubt, Indiana the surprise of the night.

[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!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LordChristan1]

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

[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.

[vgcq02]

Indiana proved itself to be a smart state.

[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.

[52jamaica]

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

[wisdaniel]

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

[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!

[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!