there was evidence over the weekend from another poll that in heavy democratic districts that turfout there is down and g.o.p. numbers are up. remember, washington state is a mail-in only state. and voters can mail in those ballots as late as tomorrow. shepard, on election night, we may only from 60% of those votes counted. in a close race we could still be here counting on friday. shepard? shepard: in west virginia the race to fill the seat of the longest serving senator in american history could be the he bellwether for the democrats and the rest of the nation. the late democratic senator robert byrd served in congress for more than 50 years. he died in june. west virginia s governor joe manchin has been trying to distance himself from the washington establishment in order to claim byrd s seat. he is extremely popular very tight race with the republican rival john raese. earlier today on studio b i spoke with howard dean campaign manager joe trippi about what this race could mean