The 2004 Misc. Etc. Presidental Election Blog Night! Part 54

Irony: Ambien commercials running during election coverage at 12:50 in the morning. Is there really any greater sleep aid than political coverage in the middle of the night?

Ambien, when there isn’t an election to put your bored ass to sleep.

Nobody has anything to say that doesn’t include the word “Ohio” in it, though at least Tom Brokaw seems to be having a good time saying it tonight. I don’t remember him being all smiles and chuckles like this during the last election, but man, he’s just lighting it up tonight — telling people how much he knows them, how great it is, how he wishes he could speed things up, but you just have to wait for the counts.

86% of the votes are in at the Buckeye state, and there’s about 100,000 votes separating the two.

So close.