The house is full, folks. 

I'm not sure what happened, but about 45 minutes ago the floodgates opened and people suddenly began streaming into the Hutchison Field basin from all sides.  They arrived just in time to hear Blitzer call Ohio. 

While the news got a nice ovation, I was expecting more ... jubilation. While the pundits and anchors didn't want to say it explicitly, that was earth shattering news for the McCain campaign.  Following that projection, the question is no longer "if" but "by how much."

This crowd is apparently so confident, they didn't expect any other result out of the Buckeye State.  These folks came to hear an acceptance speech.

Here's a photo of those on the front line.  You can't see it, but they're about 50 feet from the podium

And here's the inner circle, the area directly around the stage where Obama staffers, donors, and friends will assemble:

By the way the sweet, sweet soul music has now, unfortunately, been replaced by Brooks & Dunn.