Live Blog: The Not-Quite-Final State of Play

Only slight change in the final read-out for President: McCain takes Montana, Obama is called victor in Indiana (by Fox but not CNN). Missouri and North Carolina still open --- McCain leads in former, Obama in latter. And a possible footnote: 1 of Nebraska's 5 electoral votes (it is the only state to allocate electoral votes at-large and by district) is still in play.

In the Senate, consolation news for the Republicans, a bit of a letdown for me. Looks like Al Franken loses Minnesota by about 4,000 votes and --- incredibly --- Alaska is returning Felon Ted Stevens to Washington. Gordon Smith also clings on to a small lead, and thus his seat, in Oregon. Georgia should have been called for the Republicans --- Saxby Chambliss is up 50-46 --- but there seems to be a query as to why the overall vote is much lower than expected.