Looking at former winners it's remarkable to run your eye down the list and see how many remain fire-new in the memory.
Sean Spicer, a spokesman for the Republican National Committee, predicts states like Arizona and Georgia will remain fire-truck red – and that even to ask the question again is akin to "believing Lucy won't pull the football" away from Charlie Brown.
Even if Trump loses, they could remain fired up as an opposition force fighting for influence inside the deeply divided Republican Party, as the tea party has, or mobilizing against Democrats.
For all the growing optimism, officials said the remaining fire and a nearby water-main break meant considerable work remained.
Demolition crews are getting close to this point, and when they reach it, Mr. Hayden said, firefighters should be able to extinguish the remaining fire.
Mr. Burton, consulting with engineers and others, has examined aerial maps of progress from the day before and infrared maps that track the shifting locations of remaining fires.
Mabkhout added a fourth on the break with a minute remaining, firing in at the near post past a broken Qasem to complete the rout.
It was clear from the icy handshake that followed that Dott was unhappy with the 15-minute tip delay - allowed for in WPBSA rules - but while the wee man remained fired up yesterday, O'Sullivan's body language screamed surrender.
One option is a process known as "gagging", in which the shafts would be flooded with carbon dioxide to extinguish any remaining fires and allow recovery teams to go in.
Fire fighters were trying to put out the remaining fires outside the University.
Firefighters were trying to put out the remaining fires outside the college.
