Filed at 8:17 p.m.
Enthusiastic applauding and jubilation here at the Democratic Victory Party every time CNN shows Obama with a 20-point lead in North Carolina, with 4 percent of the precincts reporting. In the national poll, Obama is up 52 percent to 47 percent.
The Hockey Moms for Obama with their sign held high and glued to a hockey stick confess they've probably had a little too much to drink after a long, hard campaign and cannot take their eyes off the screen.
Sassily the say, "Sarah Palin DOES NOT represent us."
In the meantime, an all-girl bluegrass band croons, "Bev Perdue, she's loyal and she's true, Bev Perdue for '08."
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