Kerry Ahead

      As of 10:30 CST, returns show Kerry leading Bush, 54% to 45% (http://electionresults.sos.state.mn.us/ElecRslts.asp?M=S&R=ALL&P=A).  No surprise there.

Heavy Turnout

      Our local ABC station, KSTP, reports heavy turnout here in the Twin Cities and also in Wisconsin.  We’re at >70% both places.  Voters in WI are said to have waited up to an hour and a half to vote some places.

      KMSP, the Fox affiliate, agrees, and said Twin City turnout his 70% by 5:oo PM.  My own informal survey at three polling places all agreed: long lines in the morning, steady throughout the day.

      Polls don’t close here till 8:00 PM, so no other news.

Even The Cornfields Disagree

Charles Baxter opines in the New York Times on life in the battleground state of Minnesota, where he notes that “even the cornfields disagree.