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"Let me tell you how Toomey's gonna win," a bearded man volunteered. "It's like NASCAR. You ever watch NASCAR?"

"No," I said. "Do you mean the race is going to be close and it'll come down to the checkered flag wave?"

"There's more strategy to it than that," he said. "It's not just about who goes fastest. It's about who plans ahead and...Actually, there's no need to get into it. Let's just say Toomey's going to take it home."

There is some naiveté here, of course. This sort of "there's no way we can lose" view is nearly universally held among Toomey's core supporters. They might not be the first young idealists to mistake button and bumper stickers for votes. Remember, Howard Dean stumbled out of Iowa with more "Dean for America" knit caps than votes.

And yet...

Let's just say that Toomey's supporters have kept the faith despite the odds. Tonight we'll see if it was blind or not.

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