- All day long, volunteers flooded into the Obama headquarters in Gary, coming from Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan. By the time I arrived there in the late afternoon, staff were redirecting people to Portage County.
- The walls of the Gary headquarters were littered with precinct maps. The office itself was jammed with about two dozen people, all of them hitting the phones.
- Polling places in the city weren't at all crowded, but residents expected lines to form as the 6 pm closing time approached.
- During the 5 o'clock hour, I visited two quiet polling places in Hammond and another in Munster. All said they'd seen record turnout over the course of the day, the bulk of it in the morning.
- I asked one tired looking Obama volunteer, "Are you running on steam at this point?" Her response, "No, hope!"
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