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Previously on The West Wing:

Santos could take a vacation, and just let the press

keep hammering me on this nuclear thing.

"Ohio trends Santos!"

That's the story of the day.

The voters get to set the terms of the elections, not us.

They get to decide what's important, not us.

If I can win California, I can win the country!

We need to be prepared for a court battle.

You think we're going to win?

I do.

The real decision the American people have to make

is who do they want as their next commander in chief.

We're tied. Holy Mother of God, we caught them!

Yes. We caught them... whoo!

Scotch, please, your best.

Mm-hmm.

I need seven glasses.

And I'll keep the bottle.

I'd believe we were in Houston

if I saw more cowboy hats.

Maybe it's rude indoors.

Maybe it's a stereotype.

Could be Denver, could be St. Louis.

Chicago.

Phoenix, Salt Lake City.

All that time we spent in Salt Lake City.

We have accept the fact

that this is all coming to an end tomorrow.

And a single tear slips slowly down your cheek.

Or you can get really hammered.

Everybody needs to relax, except you.

Bartender needs your credit card.

So who's planned out the future

for the rest of their lives? Oh, I want a meal

that doesn't consist of Cheetos and a Diet Sprite.

I want a pedicure.

I want a job as a White House speech writer.

Don't say that out loud.

Bad karma, man.

Oh, then the Cheetos thing sounds good.

I'd settle for more than two hours sleep. Where were we

with the bat loose in the hall in the middle of the night?

The one you tried to catch with a pillowcase?

That one. Portland.

$175 a bottle?

Next time, get a pitcher of whatever's on tap.

Next time?

Okay, the Congressman is gonna be wrapping up in L.A.

Who wants to stay sober long enough

to get the report from Bram?

Thank you for volunteering, Edie.

I think I'm gonna call it a night.

Oh, so early? LESTER: God created few nights

in life without midnight rallies, airplane seats

and tracking polls.

I'm gonna enjoy one.

Staff meeting, 6:00 a.m. tomorrow.

We'll go over new marching orders then.

Good night. ALL: Good night.

Yeah, you know, I think that's it for me, too,

so I'll send out an e-mail about L.A.

Later.

Really? Apparently.

Should you really be drinking like that?

Like what?

You're 23 years old,

with a shocking lack of facial hair.

Do you really want to tell a grown woman how to drink?

I didn't think so.

Bedtime.

Go ahead, you can take the bottle if you want.

Yeah.

Me, too.

See you guys in the morning.

How did I miss that?

You might have had an easier year of it

if you had come onboard.

6:00 tomorrow morning, right?

Yeah.

Wow, Cindy?

Did you know that?

About Ronna and Cindy?

Any of them.

Yes. Which one?

All of them.

Wow.

Did you ever... "come onboard"?

No.

Never had a campaign fling?

No.

Do you want another drink?

No.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

3:00 a.m.

Yeah.

Did you get any sleep?

A little. You?

Yeah.

You don't have to leave.

I know.

I mean, you don't have to sneak out.

I wasn't.

I didn't want to make this awkward.

I just did, right?

I was just checking the news sites.

With a sweater?

For warmth.

Why don't I go get us some coffee?

How are you feeling?

I really want to win this thing.

Coffee would be great.

Cream and...

Three sugars.

I already checked AP, nothing new.

You should take a look at Reuters.

Scotch, Otto, exercise.

You should rehydrate.

I was hoping to escape you people for a little while.

Yeah, well, the front desk clerk gave you up.

What'd he say... "Lou Thornton is down on the treadmill.

Go seek her out?"

No, he said he opened the gym for a lady

with liquor breath and crazy eyes.

What do you got there?

Ah. Vinick made a crack last night

about the Congressman's lack

of foreign policy experience in Cleveland.

Well, it's hard to effectively fire back at him

on Election Day. Yeah.

Only two and a half hours

before the polls open in the East.

Yeah.

"Tonight, I am both honored and humbled

by the certitude..."

Hey.

No one actually uses the word "certitude."

Not really. No.

You couldn't sleep, either?

Final pass at the victory and concession speeches.

It was either this or a solitaire tournament

with the Advance guys.

Yeah.

Hey.

Hey. Welcome to the club.

No one can sleep. Evidently.

You see Reuters?

Vinick suggested the Congressman

couldn't handle the crisis in Kazakhstan

at some event last night.

A response from the Congressman won't do much good now,

but we've got Bartlet cabinet members across the country

doing satellite spin this morning.

They can mention our guy's military experience.

All right, great.

Tell me you found my pantyhose.

Thank you.

This is it.

Wow. It's less glamorous than I imagined.

We sold the leather couches for our last media buy.

Funny man.

Pretty witty.

Makes me want to...

I should check the fax.

I already did.

You had nothing better to do at 4:00 in the morning?

Apparently not.

Uh, Jane Braun, Carrie...

Marino.

Hi. Nice to meet you.

Senator hit Santos on Kazakhstan last night.

Yeah, I saw.

Maybe too little too late.

Well, it was worth a shot.

When's he landing?

Hour and a half at LAX, then up to Santa Paula to vote.

Uh, bathroom?

Oh, it's, uh...

Oh, second door on your left. Thank you.

She's cute.

Yeah.

Little young. Yale grad.

Almost grad.

Couldn't sleep.

Oh, sure.

God, I hate the waiting.

Say something.

Nothing to say.

Ah, someone should be telling me to change my shirt,

or not to change the health care section of the stump speech,

or at least where we're going next.

We're going to the polling place to vote

and then home.

Stump speech?

Delivered for the last time.

And, uh, we're not running late?

Right on time.

Unbelievable.

Hey, you look great.

I changed.

Yeah, I noticed.

Thanks.

Teddy's got the war room up and running?

Yeah.

I didn't want to be wearing

the same clothes as last night.

Right.

How's our, um, "Get Out the Vote" effort looking?

Great, I hope.

You don't have to worry,

a lot of people are gonna be doing the walk of shame today.

Not that what we did was shameful,

or is shameful, that's not what I meant.

So?

Just about everything we talked about.

250,000 volunteers nationwide,

knocking on doors, ready to escort voters to the polls.

Great, where are the surrogates?

We've got top-tier surrogates doing morning news shows

in Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, Texas and California.

Russell?

The Vice President's in Colorado today,

but he's available for satellites.

Griffith, Atkins and Baker are all available

to pick up and fly wherever we need them,

depending on what the exit polls tell us.

Hispanic vote?

Radio spots targeting largely Hispanic counties

in California and Florida,

and the Congressman will hit Texas this afternoon

with some drive-time radio.

Right.

We got it completely handled, Josh.

Here you go. Thank you.

Really?

Really.

Well, this is it, the wait begins.

Well, it's about that time for you to do your thing.

My thing?

Thank the troops.

Mm...

You did realize you were gonna have to do that, right?

Right, right.

Uh, hey... everyone.

Gather 'round.

Uh, I didn't know most of you before last January.

And, uh...

Wow, it's been a long 11 months.

I hope you've all learned a lot.

I know that I learned a few things from you.

For instance, I didn't know that I would

need to explain that we don't do shout-outs

during radio interviews

and we don't encourage our college buddies

to hurl expletives at our opponent.

Who was responsible

for that thing in Dubuque, anyway... who was it?

Dave.

Dave. Dave, take a bow.

You fired him.

Well... wherever you are,

thanks for the lesson.

Um...

Uh, it's...

a special day.

The high point in your young, impressionable lives.

So go, take a few minutes to enjoy it.

And then call your family and friends.

Make sure they voted.

Actually, ask them about the lines at their polling precincts

so we know if our "Get Out the Vote" is working.

They can report any harassment, anything weird.

Or if it's snowing, whatever.

They can tell you that.

I'm serious. Call them.

Good group. Yeah.

You might want to work the phrase "thank you"

in there somewhere.

Thank you. Appreciate it.

Okeydokey.

Polls open in five...

four, three,

two, one.

Senator Arnold Vinick's campaign

made it's final stop of the election season this morning

here in Santa Paula, California.

Senator Vinick returns to his hometown

with a different goal...

Come in.

The citizens of Santa Paula have gathered this morning...

Breakfast.

Are we going steady?

You called me.

The speeches. You approved them already...

One if we win, one if we lose.

I think we might need another one.

Isn't it pretty black and white?

We've placed a lot of emphasis on the Congressman

being the first Hispanic candidate.

We might need one in case he doesn't sweep the Hispanic vote.

Okay. You know, be prepared.

Great.

Are you waiting for a hug or something?

Isn't going to go down without a fight.

Thank you.

California, Nevada, Washington and Idaho...

Polls are now open everywhere, people.

Alaska and Hawaii aren't open yet.

The two states on which the outcome

of the presidential race so often depends. Yeah.

Right, like Idaho was ever the linchpin.

The Senator's voting,

then he's meeting his daughter for breakfast.

Is anybody else ready to order lunch?

The sun came up an hour ago.

I'm starving... The Hispanic turnout in Florida?

Governor Swenson's been out all morning.

We've got 10,000 volunteers in Jacksonville, Orlando,

Tampa and Miami.

And "Get Out the Vote"?

What's this? He's just voting now?

Live to Houston, Texas.

It's 9:00 a.m. in Texas already.

He missed the early morning coverage in the East.

Yeah, but he cut into our California coverage perfectly.

After hosting a rally in Los Angeles...

They all switched from Vinick to Santos.

Lou's a genius.

How was last night?

He changed the health care portion of the stump again,

but otherwise, 45,000 screaming devotees, kind of cult-like.

How is he today?

Eh, he's relaxed.

You're kidding?

No, it's kind of weird, calm.

We're heading back to the house after this.

How long until the first exit polls?

Couple of hours.

I can't tell you how badly I need a shower, dude.

Four rallies in four states, four buses,

three flights... You can probably smell me...

Hold on.

Boston! We need turnout in Boston, huge turnout.

Vinick's gonna win western Massachusetts.

He's probably gonna take Cape Cod.

We need to run up the score in Boston. Yeah.

It's raining. Yeah, well, she beat you to the punch,

though we were already

monitoring road conditions and traffic patterns.

Massachusetts field ops called,

said they're distributing umbrellas so volunteers

can escort voters from their cars

to the polling places.

Well, should we do some additional... Drive-time, absolutely.

Scheduled for... 3:00.

National Weather Service said

there's another high-pressure system coming through

that should stop the rain by 2:00.

Good news is, showers should linger

over the Berkshires, slowing down any Vinick supporters

still getting out there to the polls.

Now, we're getting new weather models every half hour.

You want to see them? No, we're fine.

Don't need it, thanks.

Josh, we are completely and totally under control.

We've been planning this for five months.

This is Teddy.

You know what? What?

I was in the elevator today... Uh-huh.

And I was talking to a man who didn't even know

it was Election Day.

Jeremy, ride the elevator for a few hours.

Anyone from Houston, remind them to vote.

You know, I was thinking this morning,

we should do an additional speech.

Mm-hmm. One in the event...

that the popular vote... Hispanic vote draft, if you want to take a look.

Is different from electoral college vote.

Another if... No, I got you.

What you want is two speeches: one if we win electoral

and lose the popular,

and the other if vice versa happens, yeah? Yeah.

Two more. Two more. Do two.

You're right.

Hey.

Hey.

I'm sorry, what's your name?

Drew.

What are you doing right now?

Bram asked me to make sure everything's going smoothly

for the party tonight.

Oh.

They're about to start doing

some sound checks in the ballroom.

Cool.

Do you mind if I come along with you?

Sure.

If you're heading toward my office with those,

you should rethink your course.

Illustrious job offers. Talk to me about the election.

No word yet on the exit polls.

I just checked with Will. Fine.

Margaret's been setting up meetings

with potential future employers.

I took it upon myself to do some research.

She's supposed to schedule them in January.

CEOs are busy people.

They schedule their January meetings in November.

Board of Directors at Johnson & Johnson,

Lockheed Martin, Boeing, SBC,

president of corporate human resources at GE.

Kennedy School is looking for a new Dean.

Everyone wants you.

You really think today's the day for this?

One has offices in Prague,

though you have to be fluent in Czech.

Another one, a company jet.

Not Air Force One, but not bad.

A lot of them have great stock options,

something you should look into.

Suckers could be worth something someday.

♪ ♪

3,000 people have been invited.

30,000 are gonna try and make it through the door.

Well, security is setting up overflow areas outside.

Is that the Foo Fighters?

Um, Foo Fighters. Yeah.

It's not the Foo Fighters.

Yeah, that is them.

We've actually got nine performers doing sets

from 7:00 to midnight, so...

I love... Foo Fighters.

♪ Pin me down... ♪

These guys voted, right?

Josh Lyman.

Where are you?

In the Grand Ballroom. Supervising.

I've been looking for you.

Yeah, I-I didn't know if you needed some space, or...

Come upstairs. We just got the first round of exit polls.

What?

The exit polls... they're here.

Where are the kids?

School. It's a Tuesday.

Kind of a big day.

They'll be home by 3:00.

What do I do here all day?

You could sleep.

Oh, I don't think so.

Come on.

I don't think I can close my eyes.

Then we'll find something else to do.

What do we got?

I got you something.

A gift?

Whatever.

Markers? Mm-hmm.

Blue markers! Check it out, see for yourself.

Really? Mm-hmm.

North Carolina, we're up by one.

Uh-huh. Up by two in Georgia.

Georgia, Georgia?

Look at Louisiana and Virginia. Georgia, Georgia.

All over the South, we are in it.

Military voters are going for Santos.

Or the Republican values voters are staying home.

We're, uh, only up by six in Massachusetts.

Isn't that a little low?

It's raining. It's raining.

Ahead by 12 points in New York, seven in New Jersey.

Dead even in Texas.

It's still early.

Are we really playing in the South?

And Maryland, Vermont, Connecticut, Delaware.

I think we can put most of the Northeast in our pocket.

Hey, cautious optimism.

Your face is frozen in an odd way.

Unattractively?

Not entirely.

I think my head's gonna explode.

Maybe we should take a walk or something,

try to de-stress a little

before the next numbers come out.

You want to take a walk?

Or something?

You want some water?

You have a bottle over there?

Tap water.

No, thanks.

But thank you.

Do you mind if I turn on the TV, see if there's any news?

Please.

At least I didn't bring my Blackberry to bed.

It could be worse.

Less romantic, I mean.

Got it.

This may sound silly.

No. What?

I'm worried about that new law in Minnesota, prohibiting media

and pollsters within 100 feet of polling places.

That's certainly less romantic.

I was looking at some of the county data earlier.

In Dakota County, Republicans have a 16% edge

in registered voters,

but the exit polls show us leading by eight percent.

I wonder if the law is affecting the accuracy

of the numbers we're getting.

Am I just being paranoid?

I'm just... being paranoid. Forget it.

Hello?

Hey,

can you pull all the numbers coming out of Minnesota?

Thanks.

Speedy.

Hello?

Hello? JOSH: Uh...

Hang on.

Do you have Donna?

Uh...

What?

Do you have Donna?

Have her?

Do you know where she is?

Um...

yeah.

Is Josh in there? Yeah.

Can you tell Donna, Lou needs her to do some spin on MSNBC?

And I have Minnesota numbers for you.

Donna? Yeah.

Up one in South Carolina, two in Tennessee.

Solidly ahead in Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi,

but only up by one in California.

We got to keep him moving today.

San Diego, Dana Point, Newport Beach, Los Angeles.

And we need to schedule some drive time.

Well, between stops, while he's traveling.

Annie? Yeah.

These Minnesota numbers are off.

We should have more of an edge

than's showing up in the exit polls.

Dakota County has Santos leading by eight points.

It's the youth vote. It's up 14% across the state.

Mostly going Democrat. It's throwing off our numbers.

But that should taper off

as working people vote on the way home.

I shouldn't worry, right?

You shouldn't.

Superstitious.

One of my election day good luck routines.

One of?

You met Carrie already.

Senator Arnold Vinick continued campaigning

through his home state this afternoon, hosting events

in towns along the coast of Southern California...

Where else has he been today?

Rally in San Diego, meet and greet in Dana Point.

What did his public schedule say for the day?

Voting and breakfast in Santa Paula.

We should have the Congressman in California.

Little late in the game for that.

150,000 square miles in the state of California.

13 million voters.

We can't exactly plant him in a mall with a megaphone

and hope he reaches some undecideds.

That's what Vinick's doing.

Donna's already doing spin

at the networks, and the Congressman is scheduled

to hit L.A. and the Bay Area with some drive-time radio.

Leo have an impact in Akron?

I heard 17,000 voters didn't budge when the skies opened up

and started dumping buckets of water down on them.

Everything's fine, Josh. We'll reach those undecideds.

Oh, well, I think we already have.

New exit polls are in.

Mm-hmm. Illinois.

South Carolina? Are you kidding?

All right, thanks, Edie.

Yeah, I'll let him know.

So?

We're up four in Colorado, five in Connecticut,

three in Illinois, seven in Maryland.

Pennsylvania, Michigan? Both by two.

And we moved ahead in California.

You want to tell him, or should I?

He's asleep.

R-Really?

Really.

Well, should we wake him up?

No. The kids'll be here any minute.

Let him sleep.

For the Santos-McGarry campaign

has got a pretty big smile on her face.

Based on the exit polls...

Down by three in South Carolina.

That can't be right. Down by two in California.

Of course we're feeling great, Adam.

Are you watching this?

We're ahead in North Carolina and South Carolina.

When's the last time a Democrat played in that region?

I'm not even sure I was born yet.

Has everyone seen these numbers out of Syracuse?

Yeah, the Senator's winning

with 53% of the vote.

That should be somewhere around 65%. Excuse me.

154 electoral votes

if the states were being called right now.

Including Florida?

No. So, well, 181, if we're being optimistic.

And are we being optimistic?

Vermont turnout's down 15%.

New Hampshire, Minnesota...

Something's not right here.

Okay, based on exit polls, I've got 201.

With or without Texas?

Without.

We could be at 235?

Nuclear accident came in handy.

Absolutely not.

We're encouraged by the strong showing

in the Midwest and West, John.

Turnout's up six percent in California alone.

I think voters want a change,

and they know Arnold Vinick can deliver...

Someone didn't see the exit polling.

They call it spin for a reason.

Hey, how's that adolescent part of you feeling now?

Happier, thanks.

Did you hear some of the junior staffers talking

about what kind of posters they want to hang up

on their White House walls?

Who was doing that?

Couple guys with accents in Advance.

These Minnesota numbers still don't make any sense.

Don't sweat Dakota County.

As long as we're pounding Vinick in the 4th and 5th districts,

we're golden.

Hey, stranger.

What's it been, about eight hours?

I saw your briefing this morning.

Apple cider and lame duck jokes... that all you got?

As opposed to you, whose day seems to include

watching briefings on C-SPAN

and roaming the halls to gossip about them.

I try to prevent war in East Asia, too, but...

I apparently get to look for a job.

In the Santos administration?

Exit polls are reading to me that way so far.

Would you want to stay in Communications?

I'm not sure I want to stay in the federal government.

Consulting work is big, I hear.

I'm actually feeling a little sentimental about California.

California?

The local political work.

There's something romantic about it, really.

Romantic?

Overseeing a mayoral race

in a city that needs a breath of fresh air.

Sounds nice.

I'm gonna...

You okay?

Yeah, fine.

Keep me updated on the exit polls.

That's what I said.

Listen to this.

"With victory assured in Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania,

"Matthew Santos should be preparing

to lend his image to the history books."

What is that? A blog.

It goes on to call him our first Latino President.

- They don't say candidate? - President.

Good photo.

So, they're calling it in three states even though

the polls don't close in the West for four more hours?

They should burn in hell.

They're just checking out the same data we are.

Posting raw exit poll data

without any explanation or analysis...

It's irresponsible and dangerous.

It's worse for Vinick.

They're already calling him a loser.

The last thing we want, Democrats in Oregon

and California thinking they don't need to go to the polls

because Santos already has it in the bag.

Yeah. Or Vinick supporters turning out in droves

for some last-ditch resurgence.

Will you please. Anybody who's checking out exit polling

on a blog voted first thing this morning at 6:45 a.m.

Not if the nets pick them up and report it as news.

Which they're not gonna do.

Do you really think somebody's gonna look

at Bernard's Blogland and mistake

what they see for network news?

I think it could affect turnout, yeah.

How big do you think the readership

of Bernard's Blogland is?

Four years ago, Bartlet won New Mexico

with only 6,000 votes.

Call the networks and make sure that...

Don't, don't, don't.

Is anybody else seeing these numbers

coming out of New England?

Turnout is down 15% in Vermont?

Josh. How can we

be up in South Carolina,

and not get people to the polls in Vermont?!

We got long lines in Ohio.

We're sending Porta Pottis to Democratic districts down there

so the people don't leave, but the numbers are still low.

We're losing in Maine,

a state that Bartlet won with 67% of the vote.

The Latino vote in Florida isn't turning out,

but in Rhode Island,

they're coming out of the woodwork,

Minnesota... Josh!

This is Texas.

Shouldn't it be warm?

Not in November.

What are you doing out here?

I've been appointed.

To what?

Make sure you're okay.

I'm fine.

Make sure your head's not actually gonna explode.

These numbers aren't adding up.

They never do.

You've been working 18, 20 hour days for the last year.

Yeah.

It's here.

There's nothing to do, but let it run its course.

There's nothing left to do, Josh.

In the event that he loses Texas but wins the election,

we don't want to get caught with our pants down.

Okay, so let me make sure we have this.

We need one if he wins, one if he loses,

one if he loses the Latino vote,

one if he wins the electoral vote but loses the popular vote,

one if he loses the electoral vote but wins the popular vote,

and one if he loses his home state.

Right.

What if two of those things happen simultaneously?

What if he loses his home state

and the Latino vote and still wins?

That, too, then.

What are we talking about?

The speeches.

Yeah, we should have one in case the race

is too close to call.

Polls are about to close on the East Coast.

We should get in there.

Hey.

Hey.

I, um, sort of walked away from you before.

It got weird all of the sudden.

Yeah.

Was it something about California?

No.

California is a lovely state.

Doesn't mean I have to move there.

What?

If it means you and I would have to end...

No. God, no.

If you're planning on staying in D.C...

I would never ask you to...

I could stay, too. Stay with me.

You spend the night at my house more often than not.

Which makes me...?

A really good date.

I'm not like you.

I don't live and die with the Democratic Party.

I want to see the next president through this crisis

in Kazakhstan, whoever he is.

You keep saying that, "the next President, whoever he is."

Yeah, well, the NSC is a non-partisan...

Did you vote for Vinick?

You voted for Arnold Vinick?

He hasn't stopped looking at those numbers for three hours.

Hope springs eternal.

Maybe you... Yeah.

East Coast polls are closing in a few minutes.

In South Carolina, Santos up by four,

the African-American population has been oversampled.

They represent 34% of the interviews,

and only 29% of the voters.

Bruno... In Pennsylvania,

women are oversampled.

The numbers are wrong.

Look, we're also losing in North Dakota,

a state that's gone Republican for the last 40 years.

And that doesn't give you a moment's pause?

What are you gonna do after this?

Minnesota, fifth district, the most Democratic district

in the state... Bartlet won it with 71% four years ago,

Santos is only pulling in 54%.

This isn't over.

We could be winning this.

You've done a hell of a job here.

The nuclear thing,

there's no way you could have anticipated that.

But, for now, in a few seconds,

six states will close their polls.

Once all the precincts in those states are closed,

we'll be able to start bringing you the results

of this election.

It has been a long and formidable campaign,

and it's all coming to a close.

We will get you all the information you need to know

as quickly as possible.

Right now, we can project

that Senator Arnold Vinick will carry Indiana

and its 11 electoral votes,

and Kentucky and its eight electoral votes.

What about Georgia or Vermont

or South Carolina or Virginia?

We get none?

Be patient.

Edie, set up a line to DNC Headquarters.

We're gonna want a live tally of the Congressional races.

I want to hear about Velasquez.

That'd be something.

Leo's gonna sleep through the whole damn thing.

I gotta go get him up.

What can I say? Nerves of steel.

Just got to get him cleaned up for the party.

He's been threatening to wear his robe.

Oh. Nothing says victory like threadbare flannel.

Hispanic candidates are favored in six

Congressional races in Texas, and Rhode Island

is well on its way to electing its first Hispanic Congressman.

Whoo!

Something's happening.

We are just getting word now of a new development here.

West Virginia is a state the Democrats had hoped to carry.

We are projecting, though, that this state

and its five electoral votes

will go to Senator Arnold Vinick.

Hey.

Hey, you.

I slept.

You did.

Mm-hmm.

And lost West Virginia, apparently.

And Kentucky and Indiana.

I'm a loser.

Oh, 24 to nothing, baby.

But you can still rebound.

I have faith.

More right-wing than Matt Santos.

I would like to alert our viewers now,

we do not have enough information to make projections

in the other two states that are closing right now.

Where are you?

What?

In your head, where'd you go?

Just thinking about what I'm gonna do tomorrow.

We'll take the kids to school,

then go out for breakfast, bacon and pancakes.

Backyard needs raking.

If we look a little closer at a few of these key states...

New Jersey, for instance... could end up being a disappointment

for the Vinick campaign,

if it does indeed swing toward the Democrats.

Santos has been polling here very well

in the last couple of weeks, although the Vinick camp

clung to the idea that the security factor

could play well to voters in New Jersey.

I'm sure a lot of people are asking, right now,

why we still have not been able...

You want to take some of those job offers home with you?

No, thanks.

Maybe we'll look at them tomorrow.

Maybe after Christmas. Maybe next week.

Why are we still talking about this?

Honestly? Yeah.

You're a smart and savvy woman who could easily

consider world domination as her next career move.

And I'd like to continue working with you,

if that's a possibility.

Right.

You can pack up some of these for me to take home tonight.

Thank you.

In the western part of the state, Allegheny County,

the city of Pittsburgh, precincts considered

extending their poll closing time by an hour

to accommodate all the voters.

On that note,

it is exactly 8:07 p.m. on the East Coast.

We are ready to project now

that Congressman Matthew Santos

will carry the state of Pennsylvania.

His first win, but it's a big one.

Pennsylvania offers 21 electoral votes

to Congressman Matt Santos against 24

for Senator Arnold Vinick.

270 electoral votes total needed to be elected President.

Hey.

I talked to my mother today.

She watches CNN, talks to all her friends, and reports to me

each of their predictions with equal weight.

All the time, money and energy we spent

trying to shake things up... What if the electoral map

looks exactly like we thought it would three months ago?

Florida and Ohio go to Vinick.

We take New York, Illinois, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

And it all comes down to California.

Flyover states and the East Coast.

It happens during every campaign, Josh.

You had to make the tough choices.

There's been something wrong with these numbers all day.

Vermont... voters swear that they would vote

for a Latino president, but the state is splitting

49-49, Santos and Vinick.

We ran a Latino Democrat against a tax-cutting,

moderate Republican, there's going to be...

And Maine has been trending toward Santos all day,

but voters are listing security and taxes as the major issues.

So... what are they lying about,

what they care about or who they're voting for?

We're even playing in Louisiana.

Teddy and Lou are through the roof.

But look at the exit polls.

The data is skewed towards women

and African-Americans.

The white men cast their votes after work...

what happens then?

We don't have this wrapped up.

What is the overall sensation here tonight,

that it's going to be very close.

The election will be a very close one.

The campaigns have been planning for it,

we have been planning for it.

It could be a very long night

for Matt Santos and Arnold Vinick.

Absolutely.

Congratulations, sir.

South Carolina's just been called for you.

I'm betting he's gonna want to be up for this.

Mind letting me in?

Leo.

Hello.

Leo.

Leo...?

Leo!

Somebody help me!

Call 911!

He's down! He's down!

Requesting ambulance at service entrance, northeast side.