While no state is likely to be colored Green, the Green Party standard-bearer, Ralph Nader, could be decisive in determining how many states light up for the others in this down-to-the-wire election.
Any extra money in this tight final phase of the election is being wired to Nevada and Florida for more Spanish-language ads, to Iowa and Ohio for more on-the-ground staff members, and to Google and Facebook for more microtargeted messaging to complacent, maybe even demoralized, young supporters.
On Election Night, Hanna wired from Cleveland to Canton, "The feeling here beggars description.
Vice President Al Gore, flying into Nashville after nearly 33 hours of straight campaigning, wanted to sleep this afternoon, but with the election down to the wire state by state, his campaign staff said no.
Or maybe somebody rich, who can hot-wire an election without waiting for the party.
Tuesday's down-to-the-wire presidential election was probably the most watched event of the past year other than the Super Bowl.
Already distracted by national elections next September, Germany could turn even more inward-looking as Chancellor Angela Merkel seeks to overcome her party's defeat over the weekend in a down-to-the-wire state election in Lower Saxony.
A down-to-the-wire state election over the weekend has shaken up German politics, handing the upper house of Parliament squarely to the opposition and jeopardizing Ms. Merkel's re-election chances in September.
Squeaking in under the wire comes the election's best campaign ad, from Richard Tisei, a Republican congressional candidate from Massachusetts.
That means, as the election goes down to the wire, it is Obama who many believe has his nose just ahead.
