From goat-reactionary Politburo

A Good Point About Exit Polling:

The networks used the exit polls more carefully than previously; the biggest impact was to hold some red states as too-close-to-call for an extra hour. Next time, they will be even more cautious. In other words, they will rely more and more on the accumulated raw vote. Sounds good to me. Also, the liberal commentators at the networks used the flawed exit poll data to put a pro-Kerry spin on the early numbers. Big deal. Would anything stop them? They would simply find something else to use. And now that the tool is so discredited, they'll have to more creative next time around anyway.

Similarly, before this election, I was really having trouble with all those prophecies of an arduous monthlong vote-disputing nightmare. Wait, I quizzled, this isn't just gonna be the most hotly contested election "in history" (which it wasn't) it's going to be the most closely monitored.

And, look Ma, no recount.