7:47 p.m. Back to MSNBC: all the commentators on Ohio, where less than one percent of the vote has come in, are agreed that the candidates are each getting their own demographics (divisions) back. Somewhat regrettable, but it's still too early to call.

7:54 p.m. Joe Scarb is back on, desperately putting together the silver lining for Clinton--says that her coalition is coming back together. This wd be all the segments of groups that have less access to information, particularly less access to alternative sources besides the big media outlets. Scarb argues that these are voters that John McCain cd get. Pat Buchanan points out that by 8 to 1, they despise NAFTA, says McCain has to untie from NAFTA. Good point, but unlikely to happen.

At the request of the Obama campaign, the polls will stay open another hour in Sandusky Cnty, where they ran out of ballots. Good turnout. Not so good planning, on the part of the elections board.

8:02 p.m. Chris Matthews back to boosting chances for Clinton, insisting that in hard economic times people get risk-averse, less generous, more cautious, don't want change. Olbermann pointed out exit polling showed a 3-to-1 split in favor of change. O'Donnell says happily that Clinton is "winning back her base" in Ohio.

8:10, about: Andrea Mitchell, at Clinton Ohio headquarters, also looking much happier. Interviews Terry McAuliffe who asserts great things for the Clinton campaign tonight in Ohio and Texas.

8:13 p.m. Meanwhile, the earliest numbers from the first Texas precincts are trickling in: Obama is ahead by 58% to 41%, with less than one percent of the vote in. I have never seen this before. That's over 700,000 votes, too. Quite a turnout.

There is virtually no recognition of this on air, where the commentators are looking ahead to Pennsylvania. Guess they rather like the idea of all those $ to be spent in those six PA media markets.

Someone does mention that Texas Republicans are saying they like Obama, and that worries the McCain people.