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from Talking Points Memo:

Received yesterday from a reader down in the trenches...

Still in Florida.

This was one of the most moving, meaningful days of my life.

My job is to get people to the polls and, more importantly, to keep them there. Because they're crazily jammed. Crazily. No one expected this turnout. For me, it's been a deeply humbling, deeply gratifying experience. At today's early vote in the College Hill district of East Tampa -- a heavily democratic, 90% African American community -- we had 879 voters wait an average of five hours to cast their vote.

This is all that matters now. I believe the biggest story of this election will be high turnout. especially for Democrats and first-timers.

Out On a Limb Dept.:
Electoral: Kerry 291 Bush 247.
Popular Vote: Kerry 50%, Bush 48%, Nader 1%
Senate Democrats 49, Republicans 50, Independents 1

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