At first, it wasn’t evident that something extraordinary was brewing last evening. The polls in Virginia closed at 7 pm Eastern time, and that race was too close to call (no surprise there) since, even though Obama was favored in the Old Dominion State, George W. Bush had carried it by eight points both elections.

But by 8 pm, it began to become apparent that the blowout some in the media and the Obama camp had been predicting might not be materializing. New Hampshire — where pre-election polls had seen Obama up 10 points — was too close to call, a repeat of what had happened almost a year before in the primary between Obama and Clinton. Missouri and Ohio were also too close to call, with McCain showing unexpected strength among working-class and Catholic voters. Just as in 2004, Florida was showing unexpected strength for the Republicans, despite the housing crisis. Then Minnesota began to report and, in a huge surprise, that race, too, was too close to call.

This is why Obama has stated to his supporters not to "get cocky." We cannot be complacent.

This is why Obama has stated to his supporters not to "get cocky."

That is extremely rich coming from "His Cockiness" !

I can actually see this scenario happening. I think it will be much closer than the polls are showing, especially the Big Ten Battleground Poll.

Big Ten has been more of an outlier this election season. Their mid-September polls were pretty disappointing.