what we don't know is, will the uncounted absentee ballots reflect the overall composition of the county? one would tend to think that, democratic intensity being what it is, that the votes -- remember, it takes voter intensity to be an absentee voter. it is one thing to stop by on your way home and vote. but if you mail it in, you request an absentee ballot and you mail it in, that is a good gauge of voter intensity. the good news for saccone, the votes that are out are in washington county, which is a county that he is going to win and a county where he has plenty of his voters. the bad news for saccone's, given that democratic intensity levels are what we would expect to see in absentee voters, he can't guarantee that he will keep that. >> ed: we will try to get bret to stand by. we might be here for a long time. fire up the part of count in my