With only about 23% of the vote reporting, NBC’s experts just called the recall election for the incumbent governor. Some other races are still too close to call. I can’t say that I’m very optimistic that they’ve made a mistake and called it too early. Since the Bush/Gore election, they’re pretty careful about avoiding that mistake. Still, most of the Democratic areas still have not reported. What I saw in the low population areas and the Republican suburbs was a significant improvement for Walker over his numbers two years ago. That seems to have offset great turnout in Democratic areas. The Exit Polls gave us a lot of room for hope, with voters preferring Obama to Romney by a double-digit margin and participation by union households up substantially. But exit polls are no substitute for actual votes. There is still a lot to sort out tonight and tomorrow. There are four state Senate races and a Lt. Governor’s race. If we can win one of those Senate races, the Dems can take control of the upper chamber and force Gov. Walker to negotiate. So, that’s our best hope now.

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