6:20; Managing expectations is a central theme. Keith asks how Hillary acts if she wins by less than eight.
6:45: Chris Matthews talks to Ed Rendell, who predicts a “substantial” victory and Democratic unity in November despite super delegates’(like Donna Brazile’s) fears
7:00 Chuck Todd discusses delegate math and says we

“better know” the PA-16, because it’s a good indicator of how big the Philadelphia area’s influence is. It has the urban voters that help Obama.

Polls will close in twenty minutes. Rachel Maddow and Pat Buchanan argue about how significant the slipping Clinton margins are. Eugene Robinson points out that Clinton’s strategies have led her to higher negatives.

Joe Scarborough wonders, with Harold Ford, if superdelegates will think he can’t “close the deal” Chris Matthews says that he is competing against the Clinton legacy(especially in PA, a long-term Clinton stronghold, as Rachel Maddow points out.)

7:55 Tim Russert says that women are a big problem for Obama. Keith asks if a VP candidate like Kathleen Sebelius will help. Tom Brokaw says if Obama can close the nomination, he’ll have time to think about that.

8:00 Keith brings the MTM references and reminds me why I love him(I think there was a broken machine and a snowstorm in that episode, though) Brokaw and Keith talk about what could cause Clinton to quit.Mostly if fundraising dries up.

8: 17: Exit polls suggest a huge Clinton advantage among white women and seniors.
Keith talks to Rep.Patrick Murphy about Iraq and the economy.

8:25: Howard Fineman compares the Clinton situation re: cash to the end stages of a Monopoly game, with Obama having hotels on Boardwalk and Park Place. Fundraisers hoped for a big victory, but it’s still too close to call.

8:38: Buchanan tries again to start a Democratic race war.If Rachel Maddow wasn’t so good at smacking him around, that would be AWFUL to watch. Robinson points out we don’t really know what motivates white working class voters or what they’ll do in the general election either. It’s now too *early* to call with a Clinton advantage.

8:49: Will I ever hear “Scranton” without thinking of The Office?(fights urge to make faces “at the camera”) Well, I’m not there yet. The margin of the win is important to the fundraising, if not the delegate gap, according to Andrea Mitchell.

Keith, sportsguy to the core, calls Clinton’s money problem a “salary cap” because she’s maxed out the rich folks. Heh.

Thanks for joining me for this. Stay tuned for the lovely Stef.