CNN heralded the 7 p.m. closing of the polls in Vermont, then spent a few nanoseconds on the results before beginning to watch the half-hour countdown to poll closings in Ohio. Based on exit polling, Barack Obama and John McCain were declared the winners here.

Exit pollings don't give us an accurate margin of victory, however. One has to wait for the actual numbers for that.

Then CNN commentator Lou Dobbs mentioned his only Vermont friends - Jeb and Susan Spaulding. Jeb, of course, is the state treasurer.

- Terri Hallenbeck