Too early or too late

It’s raining in DC tonight but the town is hopping. Here at NPR, all kinds of activity from staff, of course, and from special visitors. It’s NPR Board week, so a number of us are observing the election night coverage in Studio 4A. What does the studio look like? A large warehouse of a room, wide open, with Robert Siegel and guests set up on a platform in the center of the room. Maps and charts across the walls. No sound-proofing. It’s a totally transparent operation tonight.

Just met Daniel Schorr, NPR’s Senior Senior Senior News Analyst. I asked him to give me one sentence on tonight’s election. Here’s the quote:

“It’s either too early to tell what’s happening, or too late to do anything about it.”

Also ran into my colleague, Dave Spizale, who manages the public radio station Lafayette, Louisiana. Asked for his one sentence about the elections. Here’s his quote: “As we always say in Louisiana, vote often…and make sure all your deceased relatives vote, too.” Dave, by the way, was a real post-Katrina hero: he and his son took their small motorboat into New Orleans and literally rescued stranded residents from rooftops and ledges.

More later.

Ellen