SO MUCH FOR THE BRITISH TEA PARTIERS:

Exit polls forecast a 'cliffhanger' (Evening Standard, 07.05.10)

Britain was braced for an election "cliffhanger", as the Tories were forecast to be the largest party at Westminster - but fall short of an overall majority.

A TV exit poll said the Conservatives would win 305 seats, Labour 255 and the Liberal Democrats 61.

Politicians of all parties were cautious about the survey, which would leave Conservative leader David Cameron 21 seats short of the total that would automatically hand him the keys to No 10. [...]

The ratings in the BBC/ITV News/Sky News survey were a bitter blow for the Lib Dems, showing that an apparent surge of support after leader Nick Clegg was seen to have shone in Britain's first TV election debates had failed to translate into Commons seats. His party had 63 seats at the start of the campaign.

Paging David Broder....

Posted by Orrin Judd at May 6, 2010 9:00 PM