Good Night

I'm going to bed. Here are the things I'm going to be looking for when I wake up:

1) Does Obama end up winning Indiana, North Carolina, and Missouri? I have been thinking all night that IN and NC would be very close wins for Obama, and that MO would be a close win for McCain. Right now, I think MO may end up in the Obama column -- many of the uncounted votes are in the urban areas around St. Louis and Kansas City that tend to vote Democratic.

2) What about Congressional races? Does Kagen hold off Gard in the House race here? Does comedian Al Franken win the Minnesota Senate race? What will be the total number of seats the Democrats take from the Republicans? We know that the Dems will not get to the magic number of 60 in the Senate.

3) How will the pundits dissect the result? Will they credit Obama for running a great campaign or will they criticize McCain for running a poor campaign? Or will they say it didn't matter, because the conditions were perfect for any candidate running on a campaign of "change?"

4) Who will be mentioned as possible members of the Obama administration? Wisconsin governor Jim Doyle has been mentioned as a possible candidate; he is not the most popular politician in a state that has otherwise favored Democrats over the past several years.