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Wolf Blitzer Is "Watching Very Closely"

A crash course in Blitzer-ese.

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"Now, we're going to watch it closely."

"[Shaheen] is ahead by almost 10,000 right now with almost 10 percent of the precincts in. This is a race that we're watching very closely as well."

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"I want to take a look at some numbers coming in, ballots coming in, and some Senate races that we're watching very closely."

"So, it's shaping up. It's still very, very early. We're watching it closely."

"Campbell and John—Ohio—I don't think we can stress how important it is, and we're watching this state very closely."

"We're watching all these states. They're getting—they're very close in several of these states."

"We're watching all of these races very closely."

"I want to go to Campbell and John, because they're looking closely at this very important balance of power in Congress."

"We're watching those states very, very closely."

"Before I go over to John King, I want to show what's going on in these four Senate races that we're watching very closely."

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Photograph of Wolf Blitzer by Ethan Miller/Getty Images.