Red Mirage in Progress

I'm posting this at midnight in California and the race is nowhere near to being called yet. Trump has a deceptive lead in key swing states because little or no mail ballots have been counted there.

So far, only 25 percent of Pennsylvania mail votes have been counted, 20 percent in Michigan, and exactly none in Wisconsin.

As of this moment, Joe Biden is doing well in both Arizona and Georgia, both of which Donald Trump won in 2016. In Georgia, mail ballots in Atlanta are still being counted.

Biden, of course, is leading in the popular vote. But the Electoral College is what counts.

So this will almost certainly be several days or even a week or more before it's final. It's not over until all ballots are counted. Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin will likely be key.

Hang tight.