Breath-holding time

CNN has given Virginia to Bush. These longs waits for Virginia and North Carolina have been indicative, maybe, but we won't really know for awhile. Hopes for early indications from Florida and Ohio, and decision in PA, not coming through. Bush people are claiming that votes from Florida and other states are showing more Bush strength than indicated by exit polls.

But the long lines in Ohio and PA are hopeful. The next big indicator will be the midwest and west, where polls begin closing in a few minutes. But nets have established a pattern of caution so may not be many calls.

Ohio: in Cleveland, absentee ballots show big margin for Kerry but maybe not big enough.
Allegheny County in PA hours extended by hour and a half, contested by GOPer. Several other counties in PA have hours extended.

Litigation in Florida over Miami-Dade not counting absentee ballots.