Made me register.

Insert :scowly: emoti.

If memory serves, the results will be pretty quick; electronic scanners and all. Some of the more rural counties, particularly on the east side of the Cascades, might be a little slower, but they only make up a third of the electorate at most, and are not heavily Democratic to begin with (so their influence on the Dem primary will be slight). When the counties around Portland, Salem and Eugene/Springtucky precincts are all in, they'll probably have enough to project a winner with confidence. And my guess is, since those counties have a lot of resources, the count should be quick. I would say that by 9 PM PST (Midnight, yours), we should know how much Obama won by, since Oregon is indeed slated to fall into his camp by a pretty good margin. Maybe not by the spread for Clinton being predicted in KY (a state where, ironically enough, I also lived for 3-1/2 years), but still firm enough to be pretty unquestionable.

My guess is also that Obama getting 60% or more here in Lane is not unforeseeable, since at least 40% of the population is in Hippietown (Eugene), and close to 2/3 is in the metro area, which also more often than not goes Donkey.

Also: usually I don't buy books hawked by guests on any show, but that one about the Family sounds spooky enough to give a try. Thanks for the heads-up, Rachel.

"You measure democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not by the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists"--Abbie Hoffman