I hope this hasn't been diaried but CNN had some wrong results and Gordon Smith's lead over Jeff Merkely is down to 6,000 votes!
Kos mentioned this last night because the results from Multnomah County were listed as 100% reporting but showed only about 120,000 votes. Needless to say this would be highly unusual in the county that contains Portland and has about 680,000 residents.
Now CNN's numbers align more or less with the Oregonian's. Only 44% of Multnomah County is reporting and Merkley has a giant 67% to 29% lead there. Further only 45% of Lane county which contains the liberal Eugene, OR is reporting where Merkley has a 56% to 37% lead.
Now this isn't 100%, there are some pretty red suburban counties that aren't all in, but they have relatively small populations. "Oregon expert number cruncher Tim Hibbitts" actually called the state for Merkley last night and stands by his projection. I think Jeff Merkley is going to be the new senator from Oregon! I only hope this didn't jinx it.