With the polls opening up in 24 hours, below is the way the Washington Post currently sees this election.

Notice they have Obama winning Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Florida, but they give Ohio, North Carolina, and Missouri to McCain.  Interestingly, Obama can win this election without Florida and Pennsylvania, as long as he hangs on to all the other blue states, including Virginia, Nevada, and Colorado.  If he wins those states, the final tally would be 270 to 268.

Then, of course, there’s the scenario that northern Maine goes red.  Should that happen, a single electoral vote would go McCain’s direction, and we’d be tied 269-269, and the Democratic House then would elect Obama President.  But that’s not likely to happen.

In the end, McCain has to win Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida to win this election.  If Obama wins any one of those states, he will be our next President.