ANDREA MITCHELL: You’ve been talking to the campaigns. You were out so recently in Ohio and in Virginia with former President Clinton and President Obama. You’ve seen the emotion on both sides. What are you hearing today from the campaigns?

MARK HALPERIN: I’ve talked to people who have talked to the pollsters for both campaigns today. These are not people who work directly for the campaign but close associates, obviously, with access to pollsters. There’s a fundamental difference and it reflects what we’ve seen for the last couple weeks. The President’s team, given that they acknowledge they’re in a close race, they’re certain they’re going to win. They show no weakness, no doubt that they are going to win. The most confident I’ve seen a presidential campaign in my career, with the exception of President Clinton’s campaign in 1996 and they were not in a close race.

People on the Republican side say, “we can win.” “We might win.” Some of them go so far as to say, “I think we’re going to win.” But the degree of confidence, with few exceptions, is not nearly as high in the Romney camp as it is across the board in the Obama camp. Remember, we’re dealing with people like Joel Benenson, David Axelrod, David Plouffe. They are worriers. They are not people who easily say, “We’ve got this in the bag.” They’re people who sweat every detail and they’re supremely confident.

I wouldn't take any word from that Halperin guy who called Obama a Dick. I don't trust him, never will.

Until then I am confident but nervous!

Until it's called, I won't stop worrying

Probably have a good idea how its shaking out...

That info is strictly embargoed until 5 PM. The people who crunch it are locked in a room until 5. Unless the campaigns do their own exit polling they don't have exit poll data. But they do have information on how many people have turned out in different precincts.

I would think the campaigns would have their own. I remember in 1992 watching the behind the scenes documentary that when Clinton landed back in Little Rock after his last campaign appearance they already had enough exits to know they were going to win.

But I guess things might have changed...

It was after the 2000 debacle that they started embargoing exit poll results.