Exit polls show Romney up
Via NRO: "I'm hearing the first round of exit polls have Romney 35, McCain 29, Huckabee 15, Ron Paul 10, Giuliani 4. [What about Fred? -ed.] This doesn't count absentee ballots. ... Of course, all the standard disclaimers apply, and the later voters may differ from the early rounds, and the polls are still open, so if you're a Michigander, go out and vote for your favorite."
Derek has more in comments on my previous post.
UPDATE: Drudge says, "FINAL EXIT POLLS SHOW: Romney 34, McCain 28, Huckabee 17."
More here on the exit polls.
Real numbers will soon begin to trickle in here.
UPDATE 2: In comments, Brian Foster suggests that Wolf Blitzer just accidentally tipped his hand on air:
Wolf just slipped up: "once the polls are closed we'll be able to make some -- we'll possibly be able to make some projections . . . "CNN calls it for Romney at 9:01.
We'll see soon enough.
If true, then good news for Rudy.
Posted by: Joe Mama | Jan 15, 2008 7:58:15 PM
But bad news for Fred.
But good news for everyone hoping for a brokered convention.
In which case, maybe good news for Fred? :)
Posted by: Brendan Loy | Jan 15, 2008 8:00:58 PM
Some western counties in the UP are in the Central time zone so won't close until 9 . . .
Just FYI
Posted by: Brian Foster | Jan 15, 2008 8:17:54 PM
All hail the Yoopers!
Mmm...pasties.
Posted by: Brendan Loy | Jan 15, 2008 8:22:06 PM
Wolf just slipped up: "once the polls are closed we'll be able to make some -- we'll possibly be able to make some projections . . . "
CNN calls it for Romney at 9:01.
Posted by: Brian Foster | Jan 15, 2008 8:34:34 PM
Granted it's very early, but the county level results show Romney with big leads in the big counties -- Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Livingston, Washtenaw, Ingham . . . McCain is winning the central areas, running pretty even in the west, but Romney's piling it up in the Detroit-Ann Arbor-Lansing corridor.
Posted by: Brian Foster | Jan 15, 2008 9:01:40 PM
We'll see soon enough.
How close was I? I was watching the end of the MSU-OSU basketball game so I missed the actual call.
Posted by: Brian Foster | Jan 15, 2008 9:16:30 PM
Dunno, Brian. I was watching American Idol. (I blame the wife. :) I found out that CNN had called it from PenguinSix's comment, which is timestamped 9:01:51.
Posted by: Brendan Loy | Jan 15, 2008 9:21:15 PM