Election 2008

Any Day Now, Missouri

Politico wonders why Missouri hasn't declared a winner in the presidential election:

Hanging in the balance along with Missouri’s 11 electoral votes is the state’s reputation as a national bellwether — Missourians have voted for the winner in every presidential election since 1904, except for 1956.

“It looks like we’re going to have about 6,300 [provisional ballots] that are going to be reviewed statewide,” said Laura Egerdal, a spokeswoman for the Missouri secretary of state, adding that about 2,000 of those ballots will come from heavily Democratic St. Louis County.

The president-elect would have to win 4,987 of those provisional ballots in order to take the lead. That probably won't happen.

Also for the record, Politico's headline: 'What's the Matter With Missouri?' sounds familiar.