Nov 2, 2004, 9:45 PM – Election Day

As I predicted, the question of the future of the bloggers remains in play. Wonkette now points out that Bush can lose Ohio but still win if he picks up a 2000 blue state. The quote on Wonkette from Susan Estrich is ‘"Either the exit polls are completely wrong or President Bush will lose the election."’ Wonkette goes on to say, “Maybe we didn't hallucinate those exit polls after all?”

Maybe or maybe not, but if you are going to report, you need to be sure of what you are reporting, a lesson learned by the networks the hard way in 2000. Otherwise, you become irrelevant.

So, it comes down to this, if the polling is off for any reason, and the election comes down to Florida and some other state that the Dems overlooked, the President will win.

What bothers me is that we have yet to see a major breakthrough by Kerry at this late hour. Young people may have been new voters this year, but that may be far from the end of the story of this election.

Can I recall my early prediction that Kerry has won? I would like to go back to the fence.

BN