Live blogging the election returns

7:51 PM - Sign of the times: NBC is using an ice rink as its electoral map; CNN is using holograms. Insert Obi Wan Kenobi joke here. What a desperate attempt to draw viewers.

7:40 PM - Dismissed fellow election junkies/EN 102 students for the night. Waiting to see what happens in Florida, Virginia, and Indiana. If the Hoosiers go Obama, it's all over. But it's too close to call right now. But if Florida and Virginia go blue, the rest of the night won't matter.

Still, there's plenty of drama in Michigan. Will Props 1 and 2 pass? And will Al Franken eek out a victory in Minnesota? Stay tuned. 

Seriously, I haven't been this excited since my first election in 1984 (voted for The Gipper).