"WE WON":

Jim Webb declares victory. I'd like to see a Bushie associated with the 2000 recount who cries foul over that.

Dem Senate candidate Jim Webb on CNN declaring victory before his supporters: "I apppreciated what Senator Allen not long ago said when he came on the news and said, `We all need to respect the process in this country, the Democratic process.' We all go out, we vote, we argue, we vote, but also I'd like to say the votes are in.

"And we won."

Webb is leading 49.43%-49.36% with 99.47% precincts reporting.

1:52am:

With 99.69% of the precincts in, the Webb lead is growing even faster than my crude model is predicting. Webb's lead is now 4,700 votes, but my model (see below) is now prtedicting an eventual 5,700 vote margin for Webb. It will probably be nontrivially more.