[capt. norm]

Here in the Florida Panhandle (Panama City), we are the conservative stronghold of the state. But, unlike the rest of the state, we are in the central time zone, so the polls close an hour later and some news media forget this fact when announcing results.

At the beginning of the coverage, they are always flooded with results from the liberal east coast and it's very deceptive.

[Boanarges]

Wait a minute....trying to understand. They won’t start reporting returns until ALL the polls are closed, including those in the Panhandle. But you are saying the early returns after all the Polls are closed will NOT reflect the Panhandle. So we can sort of expect to see an early McCain lead as the first votes are counted. I want to make sure I understand all this as I watch the returns tonight.