Reid's angle on Angle

NBC News reporting that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has a solid lead over his improvisational challenger, Sharron Angle. The lead is near double digits — 51 percent to 44 percent, with 65 percent of the vote in — but NBC characterizes it as "too early to call."

Meanwhile, in governors' races: John Hickenlooper, the Democratic mayor of Denver, wins the race to succeed the retiring Gov. Bill Ritter, beating the irredeemably intolerant Tom Tancredo, 53 percent to 37 percent, with 36 percent of precincts reporting. And in Massachusetts, the Democratic incumbent, Deval Patrick (a close friend of President Obama) is projected to win re-election.