The Wait Begins

Ohio polls have closed but networks say it's too close to call. There's at least 90 minutes of palaver before results start coming in from Texas and Rhode Island. If it's too close to call in Ohio now, it's likely to go on for awhile because the Cleveland area's huge vote cache may be the last to report. Because of the weather, polls may stay open there another half hour.

But some of the exit poll numbers Tom Brokaw just talked about from Ohio favor Clinton in terms of issues voting. Chuck Todd outlined the delegate situation in Ohio, and says that depending on where votes come from, Hillary could win the popular vote and come up with a net loss of one delegate.

CNN is showing Hillary ahead by a few percentage points in Ohio, according to exit polls. One theme that is emerging in the TV chatter: Hillary Clinton is shredding Democratic chances to win in November by dividing Democrats with negative attacks, at least some of which may be working.

It doesn't look like Obama won enough white votes in Ohio to win the popular vote there. The black vote is showing as higher than some pollsters figured, but only slightly. On the plus side, Obama is winning white men. That's one of the key demographics in Texas.