Scary article from APs Liz Sidoti written in past tense???

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081103/ap_on_el_pr/split_decision_4/print;_ylt=ApbrxMvXNfVthbJ8lEeG5Slh24cA


Ok so this is posted on Drudge's front page, but the weird thing is about halfway down the writer start to write in past tense as though the election (theft??) has already occurred.

This is creepy! She says "Obama SAT atop every national poll" rather than SITS atop and she also says "the senator's base WAS expected to run up" rather than IS expected to run up.

Am I just paranoid, is this just a writer's error or is it something creepier??

Can Obama win popular vote but lose election?
By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer

(excerpt)One day before the 2008 election, Obama sat atop every national poll.

Enthusiastic by all measures, the Illinois senator's Democratic base was expected to run up the score in liberal bastions of party strongholds such as New York and California.

But the race appeared to be naturally tightening in top battlegrounds that each candidate likely will need to help them reach the magic number in the Electoral College, electoral-rich Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia among them.

To win, McCain must hold on to most states that went to Bush in 2004, or pick up one or more that went to Democrat John Kerry four years ago to make up for any losses. McCain's biggest target for a pickup is Pennsylvania, which offers 21 votes and where several public polls show Obama's lead shrinking from double digits to single digits.

Nothing more.