7:35 PM: Return watch parties starting up
MADISON -- It's about a half hour before the returns come in, and the watch party for Clinton at the The Stadium Bar has yet to get off the ground.
Marquee guests Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton and Dane Co. Exec. Kathleen Falk have yet to show, and so far media members outnumber those with Hillary t-shirts 2-to-1.
Those who are here are watching MSNBC or the Indiana-Purdue basketball game playing on the bar's many TV screens.
Barack Obama supporters are beginning to crowd the Great Dane Pub near downtown.
The crowd is primarily younger, with one supporter keeping track of the results on a laptop. The TVs in the bar are tuned to CNN counting down the final minutes until polls close, and a stage is set up in the corner for speeches.
Obama supporters Sen. Bob Jauch of Poplar and Rep. Gary Sherman of Port Wing are in attendance. But there is no sign yet of Gov. Jim Doyle, who is scheduled to appear later.
-- By Greg Bump and Andy Szal
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