Originally Posted by NitroNutter

To some it was very obvious a long time ago

actually the vote was not 50/50 Obama was the front runner for most of the trip, there was really no doubt as clinton was allways trailing especially to those who knew she was no longer there to win, but he was an unknown really and also not white, he is certainly no repro of martin luthor king so he needed ample campaign time to appeal to a wider audience, hence a close run campaign between the 2 that was really only ever going one way.