Daily Kos Elections liveblog thread #1

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Results: AK, GA, ID, MA, ND, OH, OK, TN, VT, VA

4:00 PM PT: Gingrich wins Georgia. Someone wake up Newt and let him know.

4:03 PM PT (David Nir): Not sure why Virginia hasn't been called yet—the exit polls show Mitt Romney winning 63-37 over Ron Paul. (Remember, only those two made it on to the ballot.)

Early Exit Polls: Santorum trailing badly among sluts.
— @pourmecoffee via TweetDeck

4:04 PM PT (David Nir): And the Vermont exit polls: 38 Romney, 28 Paul, 23 Santorum.

Newt Gingrich wins Georgia. This means everyone in Georgia gets $2.50 gas. Just tell the guy "Newt sent me."
— @pourmecoffee via TweetDeck

4:06 PM PT (David Nir): Finally, the Georgia exit polls: 45 Newt, 27 Romney, 19 Santorum.

Gingrich wins in Georgia- assuring he'll continue his campaign to the next Barnes & Nobles.
— @SamSeder via web

4:18 PM PT (David Nir): Not sure what the 18-and-a-half minute delay was all about, but the networks are now calling Virginia for Mitt Romney.

4:29 PM PT: One of the oddities of our media-driven primary system is that candidates get very little benefit out of performing per expectations. Romney won Arizona last week? Ho hum. It was expected. He won Michigan? HOLY SHIT! That's amazing!

As for tonight, no one cares about Romney winning Virginia and Vermont, and no one cares that Gingrich won Georgia. It all comes down to Ohio -- the true tossup of the evening.

If Santorum holds Ohio, he has an excuse to keep going. He's still not going to get the nomination, but at least he has an excuse. If Romney wins it? Then this thing is pretty much over now, as opposed to later.

4:30 PM PT (David Nir): FOX News is calling Vermont for Mitt Romney.

4:34 PM PT (David Nir): Polls have closed in Ohio, and the exit polls back out to Romney 40, Santo 35.5, Newt 12, Paul 11.

4:36 PM PT (David Nir): Remember, there are congressional primaries in Ohio as well today. The key races to watch are the GOP primary in OH-02 and the Dem primaries in OH-03 and OH-09. Here's our handy primary guide.

4:38 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): More liveblogging here.

4:38 PM PT (David Nir): You can find Ohio congressional results here.