4:48 PM PT: You want to know why the GOP is fucked long-term?
White vote in Ohio is 79% according to the exits. In 2008, it was 83%.
— @Bencjacobs via web
GOP unskewers were counting on stronger white vote. Instead, we're getting MUCH stronger brown vote.
4:53 PM PT: Benchmark county graph tells us we need to win Mecklenburg Ct (NC) 62-37 (25 points) to win North Carolina:
TAR HEEL: First returns in Mecklenburg County (Charlotte) give Obama a 28% advantage
— @jamiedupree via TweetDeck
4:55 PM PT (Laura Clawson): We're broadcasting on Daily Kos Radio. Armando, Kagro, Greg Dworkin, and a bunch of other cool people are hanging out over there.
4:59 PM PT: Polls haven't closed yet, but ABC is already calling the Maine Senate seat for Angus King, the left-leaning independent who would likely caucus with Dems. We'll update the bug above when AP calls it.
4:59 PM PT (Barbara Morrill): New thread here.