margin. two indicators that made it seem like we would be in for a really long night and we had always planned to be on live tonight at midnight eastern but, frankly, the way we were talking about this nerng e thing in terms of planning our coverage we were not sure we would be able to tell at this late lour, right now, after midnight on the east coast, who had won this governor's race in wisconsin. that's how close this race was looking. possible all-nighter. maybe even ""the today show"" tomorrow morning couldn't help you out with the results. or maybe the recall of governor scott walker would be decided in a matter of 49 minutes. 49 minutes. 49 minutes after the polls closed in wisconsin. nbc news declared scott walker the projected winner. on track to beat tom barrett, the democratic play of partly cloudy, once all the votes were counted. it didn't even take an hour. and then 24 minutes after that, nbc news projecting that the republican lieutenant governor, the first lieutenant governor to