With a lead of 54 to 46 Mark Mul­let is hap­py tonight. All the screens in Zeeks Piz­za are tuned to OBa­ma’s upcom­ing vic­to­ry speech and the patrons are smil­ing. It’s hard to be sure whether they’re more inter­est­ed in the band, each oth­er, or the pundits.

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