Let's just say for the sake of argument that exit polls aren't notoriously fickle. Let's just assume for a moment that they should be taken with more than a grain of salt. Obama is leading in six battleground states according to the Huffington Post. In all seriousness, Democratic candidates over perform in exit polls and voters who are more enthusiastic and skew younger like Obama's supporters are more likely to participate in exit polls.

The states looking good for Obama:

Florida: 52 percent to 44 percent
Iowa: 52 percent to 48 percent
Missouri: 52 percent to 48 percent

By Mike Kelly

Many pundits and pollsters have been predicting blacks will make up a much larger percentage of the electorate in 2008 than in 2004.

This New York Times Politics Blog says that, according to exit polls, blacks so far have made up 13 percent of the electorate this year. In 2004, blacks made up 11 percent of the voting population.

By Will James

In this election, Stony Brook could see its best friend in the state Senate knocked from his influential position as chairman of the Higher Education Committee.

By Carolina Hidalgo and Melanie Lazare

H as in Hold your horses on these exit polls.

And take this one with a grain of salt. Drudge says Obama is up 15 in Pennsylvania

By Mike Kelly

This quick Ben Smith note at Politico shows a potential problem for John McCain in Indiana.

With McCain trailing in this precinct by more than double digits with half of the vote there counted, it is unlikely he will come back. This would represent a Bush precinct (53-47 in 2004) that Barack Obama was able to steal away from the GOP.

Possibly a sign of the traditionally red Indiana turning blue this year.

Keith Olbermann, a sage partisan voice of our time, says someone born in 1990 can vote in this election and that in the year 2100 these old-timers will be interviewed about this historic election. I for one appreciate that he incorporated increased life expectancies.

By Mike Kelly

Gov. David Paterson will be on NBC tonight around 9 p.m. to chat with Brian Williams for what could be an interesting segment.

Ok, calm down. Breathe. We have some exit poll information courtesy of The Huffington Post. They are mostly about issue preferences and what matters to voters. State voting figures have not been released yet.

VIRGINIA -- POLL CLOSE: 7:00 PM

-- 22% of the vote is African American and Obama is winning 91% of it

-- Among whites, one in five said race was a factor in their vote today and they backed McCain.

- -More blacks (4 in 10) said race was a factor and they voted overwhelmingly for Obama.

INDIANA -- POLL CLOSE: 7:00 PM